Contact: Joana Casas
mcasas@jdrf.org
212-479-7560
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Caption: With advancing age, insulin-producing beta cells divide infrequently (left). By activating the PDGF pathway, researchers can coax these older beta cells to divide as they did when they were young (right).
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