Simply the right time to turn on insulin

Recent research has made important progress in the directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into insulin-producing beta-like cells in vitro. A new study published in this issue of The EMBO Journal reports that timely induction of NEUROG3 expression in pancreatic progenitors is a crucial checkpoint for generation of functional human beta cells.
Source: EMBO Journal - Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tags: Methods & Resources, Molecular Biology of Disease, Stem Cells Have you seen? Source Type: research