Purdue Online - Type 1 diabetes cured through stem cell treatment

04-11-2007, 10:44 PM

xero

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Type 1 diabetes cured through stem cell treatment

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In a breakthrough trial, 15 young patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were given drugs to suppress their immune systems followed by transfusions of stem cells drawn from their own blood.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/li...icle1637528.ece

The best part is that the treatment uses non-embryonic stem cells, so politicians will (hopefully) stay out of it.

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