by rss feed | Jan 31, 2015 | Diabetes, News Feeds
U. Iowa group creates insulin-producing cells that normalize blood-sugar levels in diabetic miceUniversity of Iowa researchers reprogrammed human skin cells to create induced pluripotent stem…
by rss feed | Oct 10, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
Scientists have successfully used human embryonic stem cells to make billions of pancreatic cells that produced insulin in response to glucose and eliminated diabetes in a mouse.
by rss feed | Sep 16, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
University of British Columbia, in collaboration with BetaLogics Venture, a division of Janssen Research & Development, LLC, has published a study highlighting a protocol to convert stem cells into…
by rss feed | Aug 20, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
Up until puberty, the pancreas is more adaptable and possesses a greater potential for self-healing than had previously been assumed.
by rss feed | Jul 2, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
By switching off a single gene, scientists at Columbia University’s Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center have converted human gastrointestinal cells into insulin-producing cells, demonstrating in principle…
by rss feed | Mar 27, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) and UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists have shown that by encapsulating immature pancreatic cells derived from human embryonic…
