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Differentiation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells into insulin-producing clusters.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Feb 2015
Shaer Anahita, Azarpira Negar, Vahdati Akbar, Karimi Mohammad Hosein, Shariati Mehrdad
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OBJECTIVES: In diabetes mellitus type 1, beta cells are mostly destroyed; while in diabetes mellitus type 2, beta cells are reduced by 40% to 60%. We hope that soon, stem cells can be used in diabetes therapy via pancreatic beta cell replacement. Induced pluripotent stem cells are a kind of stem cell taken from an adult somatic cell by "stimulating" certain genes. These induced pluripotent stem cells may be a...
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