Development of the endocrine pancreas and novel strategies for β-cell mass restoration and diabetes therapy
Diabetes mellitus represents a serious public health problem owing to its global prevalence in the last decade. The causes of this metabolic disease include dysfunction and/or insufficient number of β cells. Existing diabetes mellitus treatments do not reverse or control the disease. Therefore, β-ce...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2015-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015005054363&lng=en&tlng=en |