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Perhaps We're Looking at a Cure For Diabetes

By washington post/ kathleen hom
Submitted by Avera — October 15, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Wright and his lab have discovered that PTF1A is crucial to the formation of the pancreas, including the beta cells that produce the insulin that diabetics lack. "Take away PTF1A, and cells can no longer form the pancreas . . . . They change their job," Wright says.

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	butterfly_8 October 16, 2008 at 5:43 am I am always interested in the idea that someone is doing research and trying to find a cure for diabetes. I will keep hoping that there will be a cure. This article is very interesting although it is only tested on mice.