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UMass Medical School joins JDRF Center of Excellence in New England to advance type 1 diabetes research


UMass Medical School joins JDRF Center of Excellence in New England to advance type 1 diabetes research
Center will focus on accelerating gene editing approaches for beta cell replacement therapy
By Colleen Locke and Bryan Goodchild
UMass Medical School Communications
February 23, 2021
Five UMass Medical School scientists from the UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence are part of the JDRF Center of Excellence in New England that launched Tuesday, Feb. 23. The goal of the cross-institutional collaboration is to create a cell replacement therapy that could treat and potentially cure type 1 diabetes. 
Funded by JDRF and led by Harvard Stem Cell Institute co-director Douglas Melton, PhD, and JDRF scientific staff leader Esther Latres, PhD, assistant vice president of research, the new center comprises leading Massachusetts-based experts, including Michael Brehm, PhD, and Dale L. Greiner, PhD, of UMass Medical School, and St ....

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