Sentences with phrase «human islet tissue»

After implantation, these cells are expected to become mature human islet tissue including well - regulated beta cells producing insulin on demand.

Following implantation, the cells should develop into human islet tissue, capable of regulating blood glucose.

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Whatever the source of pluripotent cells, Thomson says, researchers face the same scientific challenges — namely, understanding how to convert them into key tissues such as the beta islet cells that are impaired in diabetics, and then how to introduce them safely and effectively into humans.