Giant Leap for Diabetes: From human embryonic stem cells to billions of human insulin producing cells

Stem cell researchers have announced that they have made a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a condition that affects an estimated three million Americans at a cost of about $15 billion annually. This is an image of human stem cell-derived beta cells that have formed islet like clusters in a mouse.

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