Stem cell transplantation helps patients with diabetes become insulin free

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 22:07 in Health & Medicine

The majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free, several for more than three years, with good glycaemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, an indirect measure of beta-cell function, according to a study in the 15 April issue of JAMA, a theme issue on diabetes...

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