Vertex Buys Semma, Gaining Cell Therapy-Based Type 1 Diabetes Treatments
Executive Summary
Semma's innovative technology involves growing insulin-producing beta cells from stem cells and transplanting them into the liver, but it hasn't been tested in humans yet.
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