Friday, April 29, 2011

Researchers Discover Mechanism That Could Convert Certain Cells Into Insulin-Making Cells

Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Date: April 29, 2011

Summary:

Researchers from UCLA's Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center have taken an important step in that direction. They report in the April issue of the journal Developmental Cell that they may have discovered the underlying mechanism that could convert other cell types into pancreatic beta cells.