Scientists use uterine stem cells to treat diabetes

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy. The team treated diabetes in mice by converting cells from the uterine lining into insulin-producing cells.

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