Potential differentiation of islet-like cells from pregnant cow-derived placental stem cells

• Main Authors: Shao-Yu Peng (Author), Chien-wen Chou (Author), Yu-Hsuan Kuo (Author), Perng-Chih Shen (Author), S.W. Steven Shaw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that destroys islet cells and results in insufficient insulin secretion by pancreatic β-cells. Islet transplantation from donors is an approach used for treating patients with diabetes; however, this therapy is difficult to implement because of the...