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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 02/01/2024

The Baker institute in Melbourne has potentially discovered a new diabetes treatment by using cancer treatment drugs to stimulate the production of insulin in people’s existing pancreatic stem cells. Next stage is pre-clinical trials on animals

abc.net.au

Researchers say diabetes treatment breakthrough could lead to end of insulin injections

Researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute say they've discovered a way to make pancreatic cells produce insulin using existing cancer drugs.

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