Stem Cell Cure For Diabetes?
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Researchers have found individual cells in the pancreas of adult mice that are capable of producing insulin, a discovery that might lead to a cure for diabetes.
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NEW YORK  - An international study confirms   that transplantation of insulin-producing pancreas cells,   called islets, can help stabilize blood sugar levels in people   who have hard-to-control type 1 diabetes.
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The University of Michigan is accelerating its search for a cure for Type I diabetes, thanks to a $44 million donation - the largest ever to the health system and the second-largest in UM history.
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A few diabetics have been able to give up their daily insulin shots after getting transplants of pancreas cells, according to the broadest study of this experimental treatment. But for most patients, the results fell short of the cure researchers have been seeking.
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Scientists have discovered a new type of  embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up  research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for  cures to a range of diseases.
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An international team of scientists has isolated pancreatic stem cells in adult mice, a breakthrough that could lead to treatment for juvenile or Type 1 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Thursday.
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Stem cells taken from the eye could help restore normal vision in people with sight problems, researchers say.
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Embryonic stem cells, valued by researchers for their ability to become any kind of tissue that a body might need, also produce druglike compounds that can help ailing organs repair themselves, scientists are reporting today.
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Transplants of insulin-making cells have not lived up to the promise they showed in an initial trial.
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Nov. 29, 2004 -- A new treatment that uses a person&#39;s own stem cells to strengthen the bladder may one day cure incontinence. Stress urinary incontinence is a common problem that affects more than 15 million people worldwide.
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Here's a reality check amid Congress' showdown with President Bush over stem cell research: The potential treatments for diabetes, spinal cord injury and other devastating disorders are years away from being tested in people.
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A vaccine that could be a cure for type I diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. British researchers in conjunction with the Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre in Melbourne will conduct the trial from early next year.
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Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful. New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice.
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Therapeutic cloning is both vilified and hailed as the only hope for stem-cell cures. But it may be prohibitively expensive and unnecessary, at least for developing stem-cell therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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Curing blindness and treating diabetes "naturally" in mice are just two of the recent breakthroughs that suggest stem cells hold real potential for helping humans.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.