One Molecule, Many More Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes
Pitt Team Finds New Ways to Stimulate, Sustain Beta Cell ReplicationPITTSBURGH, July 28 – With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association. They also found several cocktails of molecules that drive human beta cells to replicate, as well as important differences between mouse and human beta cells that could influence how