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Closing in on pancreatic beta cells

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Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells toward pancreatic beta cells yields cells of increased maturity.

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Figure 1: Rezania et al.4 describe the differentiation of hPSCs toward pancreatic beta cells.

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  1. Neil Hanley is at the Centre for Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Manchester, UK, and the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,

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Hanley, N. Closing in on pancreatic beta cells. Nat Biotechnol 32, 1100–1102 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3064

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