Researchers engineer insulin-producing cells activated by light for diabetes

ScienceDaily
Nov 1, 2019, 6:34 pm121 pts
Researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice, then caused the cells to produce more than two to three times the typical level of insulin by exposing them to light. The light-switchable cells are designed to compensate for the lower insulin production or reduced insulin…

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