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beta cells and counteract onset of the disease. Beta cells are mini-organs found in the Langerhans islets of the pancreas. They comprise different hormone producing cells that fulfill an important function [...] the destruction of beta cells the researchers stumbled across MST1. MST1 is activated in diabetic islets and leads to their destruction and inoperability. This triggers a chain reaction via the mitochondria
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Endocrinology and Diabetes. Following this, she was appointed Assistant Professor at the Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center of the University of California in Los Angeles. Since 2008 she has been the lead scientist