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12 July 2025
Diabetes Beaters
Pancreatic β-cells release insulin and faults in these cells underlie diabetes. This study in mice shows that treatment with a peptide (THR-123) that binds and activates a protein called BMP induces new production of β-cells and thus has potential as a therapeutic approach for insulin-dependent diabetes
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- Image from work by Silvia Álvarez-Cubela and colleagues
- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UM-MSoM), Miami, FL, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, July 2025
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