A team of U.S. researchers has reprogrammed mouse pancreatic cells to make them produce insulin. A technique that could provide new treatment against diabetes. American scientists of the Institute for Stem Cell Research at Harvard were able to reprogram pancreatic cells of mice to make them produce insulin.
injection of protein has activated a trio of genes that enable cells to transform, like stem cells embryonic. Professor Doug Melton, who directs the research hopes to test this technique on diabetic patients in two to five years to overcome their lack of insulin.
Reprogramming is an alternative pathway for repairing damaged tissues of the body using the patient's cells instead of resorting to treatments based on embryonic stem cells.
Learn More: Research Institute, Harvard Stem Cell (Eng.)
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