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Diabetes ‘blocked by stem cells’

source: BBC | Apr 11, 07 | submitted by Ryan

Brazilian scientists use transfusions of patients' own stem cells to reverse type 1 diabetes.

People with the condition are known as insulin-dependent, and require regular shots of the hormone.

But 14 out of 15 young people newly diagnosed with the condition no longer needed injections - sometimes for years - following the stem cell treatment.


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