Pancreas stem cells for diabetes
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A team at Toronto University found immature cells in the pancreas of adult mice that were able to develop into cells that produce insulin.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.
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Researchers in the UK and Japan say adult stem cells could be used to reverse liver disease.
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US scientists believe they have made a discovery which could mean a cure for more diabetic patients in the future. Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a
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An injection of stem cells saved the sight of mice who would otherwise have gone blind, researchers reported this week. The study raises the prospect that some forms of human blindness might be treated with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow.
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Just under 60 percent of diabetes patients who have received an experimental transplant of pancreatic cells are able to live without insulin injections a year later, Canadian and U.S. doctors reported on Tuesday.
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Researchers in England are set to test a new vaccine that they hope will cure Type 1 Diabetes. The vaccine will be tested on 72 diabetics this spring, marking the first time it will be tested on humans.
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University of Toronto researchers have identified cells in an adult mouse pancreas capable of generating insulin-producing beta cells.
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Individual cells in the pancreas that are capable of producing insulin-producing beta cells have been identified in adult mice by University of Toronto scientists.
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Graduate students at the University of Toronto have boosted hopes for an effective diabetes treatment after growing insulin-producing tissue from the single cell of a mouse pancreas.
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London, Dec 13 : British scientists will test a vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes for the first time, raising hopes that a cure could be available within a decade.
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Drugmakers are working on experimental diabetes drugs using a novel mechanism to help flush excess blood sugar out of the body, according to results of small studies presented at a medical meeting on Sunday.
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A stem cell cure for diabetes is a step closer, Canadian researchers are predicting.
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UK scientists have worked out a vaccine to stop Type-1 Diabetes for those with pre-disposition or recent diagonosis. The first human trial of the vaccine will start next year.
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UK researchers are to begin testing a vaccine on people which they believe will cure Type 1 diabetes.
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Doctors have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells from a mother to her diabetic daughter.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.