BETA CELL AGING LAB
Joslin Diabetes Center
The Beta Cell Aging Lab aims to understand the contribution of cellular aging to diabetes in animal and human models of disease to find new therapeutic targets that can reverse dysfunction and early cellular death.
OUR RESEARCH LINES ON BETA CELL AGING
Principal Investigator
Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato MD PhD
Born in Barcelona, Spain, she received her MD degree in General Medicine and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the UNAM.
In July 2019 she established the Beta Cell Aging Lab at Joslin Diabetes Center which aims to understand the molecular progression of senescence and identify alleviating strategies that have a positive impact in the prevention and treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
Introduction to the Beta Cell Aging Lab
Thank you to The Smith Family Foundation for sponsoring and producing this video