Cells of the skin to insulin factory

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-69ddbe241ced588738a7543cd0007ad7.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”Da cellule pelle a fabbrica insulina” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-69ddbe241ced588738a7543cd0007ad7.jpg”(ANSA) – Rome, FEB 7 skin – cells were transformed into insulin factories: a great step forward towards the care of juvenile diabetes, known as type 1. The technique developed by a group of researchers coordinated by the Gladstone Institute in California and is described in the journal Cell Stem Cell has been tested successfully on animals.PType 1 diabetes usually occurs in adolescents and is caused by the destruction of certain cells of the pancreas, beta cells./PIMG id=”mediaViewer” title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-trasp5.gif”ALL rights reserved