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Research in the author's laboratory is supported by grants from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the VA Research Service, the NIH (DK68764, DK66636, DK69603, DK63439, DK62641, DK068751), the Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (DK59637), and the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DK20593), and by human islets provided by the Islet Cell Resource Centers.
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Powers, A. Insulin therapy versus cell-based therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus: what lies ahead?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 664–665 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0971
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