Saturday, March 17, 2012

Gut Cells Transformed Into Insulin Factories - A New Approach To Treating Type I Diabetes?

A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient's intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many researchers as the ideal way to replace cells lost in type I diabetes and to free patients from insulin injections...

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