IN-VITRO STIMULATION OF BETA CELL REPRODUCTION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the number and/or the size of beta cells, for stimulating beta cell proliferation and for preventing diabetes. The invention is based on the recognition that GLP-1 acts as a beta cell growth factor. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or curing Type I or Type II diabetes, a method for obtaining a less severe disease stage in a subject suffering from Type II diabetes as well as methods of delaying the progression of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or non-insulin requiring Type II diabetes to insulin requiring Type II diabetes. The invention also relates to a cure for diabetes.