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Towards cell therapy for diabetes

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A protocol based on pancreatic development efficiently converts human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells.

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Figure 1: Directed differentiation of hES cells to insulin-producing cells by mimicking embryonic development, as described in ref. 3.

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Madsen, O., Serup, P. Towards cell therapy for diabetes. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1481–1483 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1206-1481

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