Stem Cell Research Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

According to new research an innovative stem cell technique rapidly cured severe type 1 diabetes in mice.

Stem cell research cure for type 1 diabetes.

A group of scientists at viacyte inc is working on this idea using an embryonic stem cell therapy approach to treat type 1 diabetes. Stem cell research may be controversial but it s showing incredible promise in treating a number of long incurable diseases. A ucsf team has claimed it s the first to turn human stem cells into the mature insulin. In 2004 the university of pittsburgh grew insulin producing beta cells by introducing two genes cdk and cyclin d via a virus.

Within recent years stem cell research has become a very important part of the scientific understanding of type 1 diabetes. The benefits lasted for at least 9 months. Type 1 diabetes results when a person s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the b cells. Wednesday june 5 healthday news using an immune suppressing medication and adult stem cells from healthy donors researchers say they were able to cure type 1 diabetes in mice.

Their work is jointly funded by california institute for regenerative medicine cirm and the international juvenile diabetes research foundation jdrf. Stem cell researchers make breakthrough in type 1 diabetes treatment by nolan feeney october 12 2014 1 13 pm edt. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 10 of diabetes cases and people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin administration to survive. Scientists have edged one step closer to a major treatment for and possibly cure for type 1 diabetes.

The latest target for scientists working with stem cells is type 1.