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New hope for diabetics: adult blood stem cells can make insulin.

Department of Medicine, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Discovery medicine 07/2007; 7(38):63-7. pp.63-7
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Human blood stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells can be easily isolated from autologous blood based on their unique phenotype. They act as pancreatic islet beta-cell progenitors, as demonstrated by authentic insulin production and homing to diabetic pancreatic islets. Clinical application of these autologous blood-derived insulin-producing cells holds great promise for diabetic treatment.

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Keywords

authentic insulin production
 
autologous blood
 
autologous blood-derived insulin-producing cells
 
cell-derived insulin-producing cells
 
diabetic pancreatic islets
 
diabetic treatment
 
pancreatic islet beta-cell progenitors
 
unique phenotype
 

Yong Zhao