Sentences with phrase «pancreas cells without»

In this method, skin cells are turned directly into brain, heart, liver, or pancreas cells without going through a stem cell stage first.

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«Rebooting» ordinary pancreas cells so they produce insulin could potentially help people with type 1 diabetes manage their blood sugar levels without the need for daily injections.

In a study published in October 2008, Melton showed that it was possible to take an exocrine cell in the pancreas of a live mouse and turn it into an insulin - producing beta cell without first going back to an undifferentiated iPS state.

After growing enough cells, the scientists attached them to a thin natural membrane of collagen which they surgically placed onto the rat's pancreas without damaging the organ itself.

It does this by helping glucose enter cells without forcing the pancreas to pump out more insulin.