Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Researchers inserted a fiber full of glucose-responsive insulin-secreting cells under the surface of diabetic mice's kidneys. The cell fiber secreted insulin in response to the surrounding glucose concentration in the kidney, and the results lasted two weeks.

Read the full story at: discovermagazine.com/health/cell-fibers-could-be-woven-into-organ-transplants-of-the-future

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Credit: Shoji Takeuchi Research Group at the University of Tokyo

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