A NEW treatment that could cure Type 1 diabetes is a step closer after scientists discovered a way to “kick-start” the pancreas – reducing the need for daily insulin jabs
Scientists used stem cells found in the umbilical cord to “re-educate” a diabetic’s immune “T-cells”, which can counteract mutant or damaged cells.
This restarted the pancreas, reducing the need for insulin by up to 38 per cent in just 12 weeks.Type 1 diabetes is triggered when the immune system attacks the insulin-producing beta cells which move glucose into the body’s cells.
Dr Yong Zhao, from University of Illinois at Chicago, who led the study published in BMC Medicine, said: “This is a big step towards a cure.”
Diabetes UK described the ideas behind the study as “innovative"
Source: Daily Express, http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/294657/New-hope-of-cure-for-diabetes-
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