The adult mouse pancreas contains precursor cells able to differentiate toward both pancreatic and neural lineages.
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Weir, G., Bonner-Weir, S. β-cell precursors—a work in progress. Nat Biotechnol 22, 1095–1096 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0904-1095
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