Resumen de Protein turns cells into insulin forges
What an incredible transformation. A protein that persuades normal pancreatic cells to make insulin could help people with type 1 diabetes avoid daily injections. Insulin keeps the amount of glucose in our blood at a sate level. But in type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Injections of the hormone are then needed to keep blood glucose levels down. Now, a team led by Juan Dominguez-Bendala at the Diabetes Research Institute Miami FL has transformed non-beta cells in the pancreas into insulin-producing cells.
