Scientists may have found a use for those 'love handles'

Scientists say they have managed to genetically reprogramme stem cells from "love handles" and turn them into insulin-producing cells.

Scientists may have found a use for those 'love handles'

Scientists say they have managed to genetically reprogramme stem cells from "love handles" and turn them into insulin-producing cells.

Researchers in Basel, Switzerland, extracted stem cells from a 50-year-old's fatty tissue and genetically reprogrammed them to make them mature into beta cells.

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