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Researchers identify new source of insulin-producing cells

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created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts ...


Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.


New technique eliminates toxic drugs in islet transplant in diabetic mice

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The body's immune system hates strangers. When its security patrol spots a foreign cell, it annihilates it.


High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A biological tit for tat may hold clues to improving the success of islet cell transplants intended to cure type 1 diabetes, according to a Medical College of Georgia scientist.


Well-known drug (AAT) could overcome obstacles to islet transplantation

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created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have demonstrated that treating diabetic animals with alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) following an islet transplantation procedure eliminates the inflammation ...


Researchers explore curing diabetes with animal transplants

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created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The descendents of Abraham are ready. They were born inside a cinderblock bubble in an anonymous building surrounded by fields in western Wisconsin.