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Article: Embryonic stem cells transformed into insulin-producing cells and cardiac tissue, Israeli researchers report.
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- Transplant News
- Article date:
- August 17, 2001
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Two groups of Israeli researchers announced success in coaxing human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells and cardiac muscle cells-key steps toward creating better treatments for type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and myocardial infarction.
Insulin-Producing Cells
Suheir Assady, PhD and colleagues at the Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine in Haifa used a chemical cocktail to transform the embryonic stem cells into an abundant mass of cells that possessed many of the important qualities of pancreatic islet cells, including insulin production and release. These findings were " a necessary prerequisite for therapeutic strategies" for type 1 diabetes, ...