The Holy Grail of diabetes research, an unlimited source of functional, insulin-producing beta-cells is now a reality...
We have now been able to create an immortal human cell line, and have demonstrated in mice that these cells are functional when transplanted, secreting insulin in response to glucose stimulation... The new cell line was created by hybridizing human beta-cells with an line of cancer cells, a standard approach for creating immortal, protein producing cells. It took the researchers eight years to develop the technique for making these particular. Access Excellence:
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Immortal Beta Cells
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Bruce Klein
, Dec 13 2002 06:01 AM
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