November/December 2008
From the Labs: Biotechnology
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biotechnology--and what they mean.
By Emily Singer
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Making Insulin: Pancreatic cells that have been reprogrammed to turn into insulin-¬producing beta cells, the cell type lost in type 1 diabetes, produce the growth factor VEGF (blue) and insulin (red and pink). Cell nuclei are marked in green.
Credit: Nature, Copyright 2008 |
Cell Conversions
A revolutionary technique converts one type of adult cell into another.
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