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an independent team of operatives who work together in a CELLULAR MANUFACTURING production environment.
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The molecule activates adult pancreatic beta and alpha cell populations.
Pancreatic stem cell proliferator boosts beta, alpha cell populations
In the buffalo pancreas, the small islets sometimes showed cords of alpha cell crossing the centre of the islets (Lucini et al.
Postnatal Histogenesis of Islets of Langerhans in Rat
Glucagon is synthesised in the alpha cells of the pancreas, in response to low PGC.
The sugar disease--understanding type 2 diabetes mellitus
Alpha cells in the pancreas can spontaneously transform into insulin-producing beta cells, researchers report online April 4 in Nature.
Insulin-producing cells regenerate: mouse experiments suggest potential diabetes treatment
People without diabetes can control blood glucose levels so tightly because we have both beta and alpha cells working on it.
Stepwise progress toward an artificial pancreas
Conversely, alpha cells secrete glucagon, a hormone that triggers tissues to release sugar into the bloodstream.
Flies "R" us: fruit fly cells mimic the mammalian pancreas
Such incretin based therapies of type 2 diabetes may be expected to reduce hyperglycemia and HbA1c levels, improve alpha cell and beta cell function, improve insulin sensitivity and improve metabolism.
Exenatide - a physiological option for a pathological disease
In early 2017, in a paper published in the journal Cell, a European team reported that the antimalarial drug artemether could convert alpha cells into functional beta cells.
No, anti-malaria drug can't be used to treat diabetes
beta cells produced have some features resembling alpha cells.
How To Improve Production Of Key Diabetes Cells From hESCs

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