New approach to treating type 1 diabetes? Transforming gut cells into insulin factories
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study researchers suggests that cells in the patient’s intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many researchers as the ideal way to replace cells lost in type I diabetes and to free patients from insulin injections.