PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (UPI) -- Unlike most body tissues that are renewed from adult stem cells, insulin-producing beta cells renew themselves, U.S. researchers have found. “We expected to find adult stem cells that differentiate into beta cells,” said researcher Jake Kushner of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “However, we found that beta cells can replicate and are, in a sense, their own stem cells.” >>> Discuss This Story
