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Human stem-cell-derived beta cells that have formed islet-like clusters in a mouse. Cells were transplanted to the kidney capsule and photographed 2 weeks later, by which time the beta cells were making insulin and had cured the diabetes in the mouse.

First area cell transplantation center

Expansive effort by Harvard affiliates will seek a cure for diabetes

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DateJune 16, 2016

Doug Melton, Harvard’s Xander University Professor, and his team announced that they have made a tremendous gain on the type 1 diabetes front. “We are now just one preclinical step away from the finish line,” he said.

Giant leap against diabetes

Ability to produce pancreatic beta cells from embryonic stem cells will allow researchers to push faster toward cure

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DateOctober 9, 2014June 13, 2019