Scientists create painless patch of insulin-producing beta cells to control diabetes

Monday, March 14, 2016 - 19:00 in Health & Medicine

For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don’t work properly in patients with diabetes. Insulin injections provide painful and often imperfect substitutes. Transplants of normal beta cells carry the risk of rejection or side effects from immunosuppressive therapies. Now, researchers at the University of North […]

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