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New diabetes targets could allow protection of pancreatic beta cells
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New diabetes targets could allow protection of pancreatic beta cells

by Children’s Hospital Boston Beta cells (green) produce the hormone insulin. Raised levels of micro RNA 200 are harmful. Credit: Masur / Wikimedia Commons A central feature of type 1 diabetes is loss of the pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. Researchers led by Paolo Fiorina, MD, Ph.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital and Francesca D’Addio,...