Using stem cells to study and possibly treat type 1 diabetes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1575, 2011, Pages 2307-2311

  Melton, D A ^a  

^a Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical screening; Diabetes; Juvenile diabetes; Pancreas; Stem cells; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DIABETES; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79960038146     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0019     Document Type: Review

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