A new approach to treating type I diabetes? Gut cells transformed into insulin factories
Study suggests a new approach could give patients the ability to make their own insulin-producing cells without a stem cell transplant
13-Mar-2012 -
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 ...
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