Treating diabetes with transplanted cells
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Islet transplantation is a promising curative therapy for diabetes. It involves the implantation of pancreatic cells called the islets of Langerhans. The implanted islets secrete insulin, which allows other cells to acquire sugar glucose from the blood for energy.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
Care and treatment, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Pancreatic beta cells, Pancreatic beta cell transplantation
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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Budding vesicles in living cells
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Scientists have unveiled the process by which the Golgi apparatus forms vesicles that transport materials throughout a cell. A complex of eight proteins, or COP proteins, cause a bud to form on the Golgi membrane, which then pinches off and loses the protein coat.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Research, Analysis, Reports, Cellular control mechanisms, Cell regulation, Golgi apparatus, Cell research, Cytological research
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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