July 12, 2012

From the laboratories of Pisa: the first in vitro model of diabetes




From the laboratories of Pisa: the first in vitro model of diabetes

Published in the journal PLoS ONE: the results of an important laboratory experiment

From the laboratories of the University of Pisa comes a groundbreaking study to help prevent metabolic diseases: through interdisciplinary research conducted by Arti Ahluwalia, Professor of Bioengineering, and her group of the Interdepartmental Research Center "E. Piaggio ", the first in-vitro model of diabetes has been developed. "In our experiment we have reproduced some of the features of human metabolic disorders in vitro, simulating the stress that organs are subjected to as a consequence of diabetes," says Arti Ahluwalia, lecturer of Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa.

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