Health
Discovery for turning on cell repair in tissues and organs – Monash University

15 February 2021
Monash University researchers have uncovered the barrier to -cell (beta cell) regeneration that could pave the way for improved treatments for diabetes and diseases that involve organ and tissue damage.
The human body doesn’t repair itself very well, with our liver the only organ that can regenerate efficiently. We have limited capacity to regenerate new cells or tissue after birth as the genes involved in development are switched off.
This process happens through DNA methylation,…
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