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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