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Islets for all?

Nature Biotechnology volume 23, pages 1231–1232 (2005)Cite this article

A reversibly immortalized human β-cell line may find applications in diabetes therapy and drug screening.

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Figure 1: Reversible immortalization strategy for expansion of human islets.

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