ea0065p241 | Metabolism and Obesity | SFEBES2019
Kane Eva
, Mak Tracy C S
, Latreille Mathieu
Cadaveric islet transplantation can cure diabetes, however scarcity of donor islets means that this approach cannot be used for large-scale treatment. An alternative source of insulin-producing β-cells or whole islets would be step-wise in vitro differentiation from either human embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells, which could be transplanted directly into patients. However, β-like cells generated from existing differentiation ...