Can't Beat Betas
β-cells of the pancreas produce insulin that regulates levels of blood glucose and malfunction of these cells causes diabetes; the pancreas also contains other non-β-cells (called α-, δ- and γ-cells). In this study a mouse model lacking non-β-cells shows that β-cells alone are sufficient for maintaining normal blood glucose levels, meaning therapies for diabetes may be less concerned with inclusion of other cell types
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Image from work by Marta Perez-Frances and colleagues
Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, iGE3 and Centre facultaire du diabète, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Published in Nature Metabolism, August 2024
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Im gonna throw him against a wall as hard as possible because that is what he deserves
Then I'm gonna hug him and let him HUG me like a plushie and cry after! :D
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A Stem Cell is a Cell that doesn't have a purpose yet, it turns into something when the body needs a certain cell. There are certain parts of the body that can turnover cells very quickly, some would take longer and others wouldn't. What triggers stem cells is prolonged fasting for 72 hours or even longer. The Fat-burning Effect that Occurs in Fasting Really Helps to Fuel the Stem Cells. Certain parts of the Body that can Turnover New Cells:
• Hippocampus — It is a part of the brain that involves a relay switch with memory and stress responses.
• Beta Cells (Pancreas)
• Bone — The immune cells can be replaced.
• Colon Cells
PKA — A gene that needs to shut down for stem cells to spread and rebuild. Prolonged fasting could lower PKA.
— Dr. Eric Berg DC
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as a fellow type 1. that stem cell transplant post you reblogged also gave me false hope for a second LMAO.... VERY cool research though that hopefully leads to somewhere new for us too!!
eyyyy always glad to meet more type 1s. and yeah still an amazing breakthrough even if it doesn't help us directly!
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Diabetes-beating Betas
Interim results of a clinical trial of pancreatic precursor cells encapsulated in a device as treatment for Type I diabetes: analysis of resulting β cell function and control of glucose levels
Read the published research paper here
Image from work by Bart Keymeulen and colleagues
Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Published in Nature Biotechnology, November 2023
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Hey sorry can you hold my cat for a moment?
YES PLEASE 🥹
*Holds cat*
So precious! :3
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Makarov's voice has me on a chokehold...
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Fiske Starters
Final forms of the starters of Fiske:
Sceptile (Grass-Psychic)
Charizard (Fire-Fighting)
Feraligatr (Water-Dark)
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couldn't find any documentation on how many cells you get from boss rush, so i worked it out myself! (to the best of my abilities anyway lol, also if this info is out there already then i must have missed it in my search 😅 sorry)
quick note: this might not be 100% accurate, since i mostly used math instead of fighting every boss 6 times lol. but i definitely gathered enough data to find a consistent pattern, so if these numbers are off at all, they should at least be VERY close, and at least 0bc and 5bc are definitely correct.
so, here's the numbers for each difficulty!
Concierge:
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 30
Conjunctivius:
40 / 42 / 44 / 46 / 48 / 50
Mama Tick:
32 / 33 / 35 / 36 / 38 / 40
Death:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Time Keeper:
40 / 42 / 44 / 46 / 48 / 50
Giant:
60 / 63 / 66 / 69 / 72 / 75
Scarecrow:
50 / 52 / 55 / 57 / 60 / 62
Dracula:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Hand of the King:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Servants:
47 / 49 / 51 / 54 / 56 / 60
Queen:
80 / 84 / 88 / 92 / 96 / 100
Dracula Final Form:
40 on all difficulties
ALSO: you don't get any more cells than normal from modified bosses or flawless wins. the 4 trials give the same amount as DIY mode, so there's no bonus there as far as cells go.
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