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Researchers published in Nature Genetics the development of a new mouse model of diabetes. Homozygous deletion of the TALE homeodomain transcription factor Pbx1 in mice resulted in pancreatic hypoplasia and death during gestation, while Pbx1+/- heterozygotes matured to adulthood and had pancreatic islet malformation and hypoinsulinemia. Pbx1 ...