Citation
(2012), "Nestlé research on diabetes", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 42 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2012.01742daa.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Nestlé research on diabetes
Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 42, Issue 4
The Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) is developing an innovative research programme in diabetes. The research is based on living models of cells of the human pancreas, which play a key role in the control of blood glucose. The NIHS is creating the models using stem cell technology, licensed from ViaCyte. The research does not involve any human embryos. Instead the NIHS will use stem cells created from human adult cells, using a pioneering method of reverse engineering.
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