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Breakthrough research identifies how cells from pigs may cure diabetes

On Thursday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. CDT, Dr. Bernhard Hering, scientific director of the Diabetes Institute for Immunology & Transplantation at the University of Minnesota will present the latest research on pig islet xenotransplantation at the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minn.

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