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Pancreas News

Hope Of Pig Cell Cure For Diabetes Wins $5m Grant

Monday June 5, 1995
Pig cells will soon be transplanted to humans in bold Melbourne research that could wipe out insulin-dependent diabetes. Specially bred pigs have provided islets cells in the pancreas that transform into insulin-producing beta cells which have been transplanted to mice and monkeys. Tens of