Pancreatic cells News
Mitochondria holds the key to curing diabetes, researchers have learned
Insulin-producing pancreatic cells of patients with diabetes have abnormal mitochondria
Mitochondria can send signals to the nucleus and change the fate of the cell
The findings of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston Children's Hospital and several other institutions offer a way to fulfill the promise of pancreatic islet cell transplantation.
Fully functional pancreatic cells have been cultured by scientists from human skin cells, potentially meaning the end of daily insulin injections for sufferers of the disease.
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