Laboratory for Molecular Diabetology
intensive research pass before the projects are tested on animals. But how and whether such a drug really works in an intact whole organism can only be tested in animal experiments, since complex physiological [...] alternative methods. Before the scientists conduct their studies in animal experiments, the concepts are tested in cell experiments. For this purpose, they have various β-cell lines, i.e. β-cell-like cells, at [...] analyses to find which cellular signaling pathways trigger the disruption of the β-cell. First, they test the appropriate drugs that target this disruption and then investigate whether this is exactly what