New technique eliminates toxic drugs in islet transplant in diabetic mice
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 14:42
in Health & Medicine
The body's immune system hates strangers. When its security patrol spots a foreign cell, it annihilates it. This is the problem when people with type 1 diabetes undergo human islet cell transplantation. The islet cells from a donor pancreas produce robust amounts of insulin for the recipient - often permitting independence from insulin therapy. However, the immune system tries to kill the new hard-working islets...
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