A groundbreaking technique has been established which has allowed scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to culture live sections of the pancreas for nearly two weeks. The scientists have used the living pancreas sections to chart the first dynamic single-cell map of the regenerative pathways of the pancreas. The results, published recently in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism, indicate that a secreted growth factor can cause pancreatic stem-like cells to move from the ducts where they reside and to change into insulin-producing cells (pancreatic islet beta cells).
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