Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This movie, made by Mikey Segel ’14 as part of his senior thesis, shows the culture of human embryonic stem cells into beta cells. At the end, each of the six red flasks contains enough beta cells for transplantation into one patient. For more on this groundbreaking research, please visit Harvard Magazine: harvardmagazine.com/2014/10/melton-creates-beta-cells