A Stem Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Wed, 09/02/2009 - 00:45

Harvard stem cell scientists have created the first insulin-producing cells from skin cells of type 1 diabetes patients -- and gained a deeper understanding of the disease


 

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