Stem Cell Transplants Help Type 1 Diabetics Skip Insulin
"CHICAGO, April 14 (Reuters) - People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said the process, which involves injecting people with stem cells made from their bone marrow cells, appears to have a lasting effect.
The study involved patients with Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes, which occurs when the immune system goes haywire and starts attacking itself, destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas needed to control blood sugar."
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Tags: cell, stem, transplant, type1
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Permalink Reply by Brigitte on -
I read all your comments and I learnt a lot. I really hope for a cure, and I hope it will be for all diabetics in the world. when I read the news from Manny I can't believe it... such great news.
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Permalink Reply by Steff Smiley on
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Wow....I've had this since I was 7, I can't even imagine having to NOT have my insulin pump...
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Permalink Reply by Hana Rous on
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AS far as I have been able to find out, even the least successful patients had much reduced doses. For the most successful. they were injection free for up to 4 years. Inevitably, with an autoimmune condition and using the patient's own stem cells, the antibodies killed them off eventually, but it gave some people some relief and is obviously a path to work on.
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