📱 RNA Technology Improves Insulin-producing Cell
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Medical Xpress · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
Researchers from the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet have developed a targeted RNA technology to prepare pancreatic islet cells for transplantation. The technology briefly boosts a gene that drives blood vessel growth, prompting grafts to re-establish their blood supply sooner and shortening the vulnerable, low-oxygen window that normally follows transplantation. In studies using both mouse and human islets, treated cells engrafted more effectively and required fewer donor islets to restore normal blood sugar control.
Key points
- Researchers from the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet have developed a targeted RNA technology to prepare pancreatic islet cells for transplantation.
- The technology briefly boosts a gene that drives blood vessel growth, prompting grafts to re-establish their blood supply sooner and shortening the vulnerable, low-oxygen window that normally follows transplantation.
- In studies using both mouse and human islets, treated cells engrafted more effectively and required fewer donor islets to restore normal blood sugar control.
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