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neogenetic

neogenetic

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Adjective

neogenetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to neogenesis.
    • 2014 October 18, Soroku Yagihashi, Hiroki Mizukami, Wataru Inaba, “Quo vadis: Where have the β-cells gone?”, in Journal of Diabetes Investigation, volume 6, DOI:10.1111/jdi.12287:
      To support this contention, Yoneda et al . 10 recently found a high frequency of insulin-positive duct cells, and an increased density of small neogenetic islets in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients, but not any more in long-standing type 2 diabetic patients.