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Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Diabetes

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This visual abstract depicts the findings of Cheng et al., who show a short-term diet that mimics periodic fasting modulates b-cell number and promotes insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis with implications for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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Cheng et al./Cell 2017

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