Type 1 Diabetes: Can Insulin-Producing Cells be Regenerated? Development Cell Reveals

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Patrick Collombat, Inserm Research Director and head of the Avenir team at the Institut de Biologie Valrose in Nice, has published new results concerning Type I diabetes. Researchers show that, in mice, the pancreas contains cells capable of being converted into insulin-producing ß cells, something that can be done at any age. They also demonstrate that all pancreatic ß cells can be regenerated several times and that chemically-induced diabetes in mice can thus be "treated" repeatedly. The challenge for the researchers is now to show that these procedures can be applied to humans.

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