Stem cell transplant may help people with type 1 diabetes
Posted on May 12, 2009
A recent study shows that a new type of stem cell transplantation may help people with type 1 diabetes become insulin free and increase C-peptide levels.
Researchers have used a transplant of a patient’s own treated blood cells to increase and preserve beta cell function in young people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
The research team, from the US and Brazil, hoped that if they intervened early enough they could wipe out and then rebuild the body’s immune system by using stem cells, preserving a reservoir of beta cells and allowing them to regenerate.
Tags : autoimmune response, beta cells, clinical trial, pancreas, stem cell transplantation, therapy
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