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Sizing up beta cells made from stem cells

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A thorough study of lab-made pancreatic beta cells reveals their differences from primary cells.

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Fig. 1: Physiological characterization of human pluripotent stem cell-derived islets relative to primary islets.

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    Kim-Vy Nguyen-Ngoc, Matthew Wortham & Maike Sander

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Nguyen-Ngoc, KV., Wortham, M. & Sander, M. Sizing up beta cells made from stem cells. Nat Biotechnol 40, 1006–1008 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01271-9

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