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Cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Jul 2002
Efrat Shimon
Abstract excerpt
Replacement of the insulin-producing pancreatic islet beta cells represents the ultimate treatment for type 1 diabetes. Recent advances in islet transplantation underscore the urgent need for developing alternatives to human tissue donors, which are scarce. Two possible approaches are the expansion of differentiated beta cells by reversible immortalization and the generation of insulin-producing cells from...
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