Dying Beta Dells (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Dying Beta Dells

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This microscopic image shows dying insulin-secreting cells (red) from a diabetic mouse pancreas. A cell-death cascade was set off by a process that occurs when harmful molecules spill from one part of the cell into other areas where they don't belong.

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Courtesy of the Urano laboratory-Washington University

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