Jamie Chu (@chiehminjamie.bsky.social)

Excited to share the 3rd first-author paper from my PhD! A big thank you to everyone who participated, and to CIHR and Breakthrough T1D Centre of Excellence at UBC for funding! More details below... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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A prioritized medium-throughput screen on human stem cell derived insulin secreting beta cells identifies FGF4, FGF5, FGF8F, FGF19 and FGF21 as protective factors Insulin is produced by pancreatic β cells, whose dysfunction and death are hallmarks of diabetes. Stem cell-derived β-like cells (SCβ cells) are a potential alternative to cadaveric islets for replace... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637990v1