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Adult pancreas generates multipotent stem cells and pancreatic and nonpancreatic progeny.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 Jan 2004
Choi Yong, Ta Malancha, Atouf Fouad, Lumelsky Nadya
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Strategies designed to produce functional cells from stem cells or from mature cells hold great promise for treatment of different cell-degenerative diseases. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are examples of such diseases. Although different in origin, both involve inadequate cell mass of insulin-producing beta cells, the most abundant cell type of pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Practical realization of such...
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