An NIDDK Guide to Making Pancreatic Beta Cells / Single Project

Media Details

Media ID: SYM0054
Client: Medical
Created on: 2006-03-28
Published on: 2014-09-25
Dimensions: 2216 x 3304 pixels

Type: Infographic

Audiences: Medical, Scientific

Keywords: pancreas, pancreatic, diabetes, beta cell, differentiation, make, produce, insulin, stem cell, NIDDK, funding, congress

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Description

Infographic to support the concept that embryonic stem (ES) cells hold significant potential for deriving differentiated cell types, including insulin-producing beta cells. Knowledge of genes and signals controlling pancreatic development in the whole animal can enable test tube recapitulation of specific embryonic programs in stem or progenitor cells to produce functioning insulin-producing cells for replacement therapy in type 1 diabetes.

This media piece was utilized in a top-level strategic report written by the NIH's NIDDK division, for the US Congress as well as the public at large.

References

As used in NIDDK - Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Type 1 Diabetes Research: A Strategic Plan