Insulin cell transplant helps control 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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Nerve cells in the pancreas may be a cause of type-1 diabetes in mice -- a finding that could provide new ways to treat the disease in humans, Canadian and U.S. scientists said on Friday.
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Doctors were able to eliminate the need for insulin injections in diabetic women for a year or more by simplifying the technique of transplanting insulin-producing cells, a small study said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Nearly 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 US doctors reported Tuesday.
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Sticking to a low-calorie, low-sugar diet could help diabetes patients who have been given rare transplants of pancreatic cells, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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A world-class research facility to try to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes is under way at the University of Michigan following a $44-million gift from a former Michigan couple.
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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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Scientists have shown that a single protein plays a central role in the development of diabetes.
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A new implantable device can extract stem cells for therapeutic transplant or program cancer cells to die.
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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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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A University of Alberta islet transplant research program that has proven hopeful for patients with Type 1 diabetes will share a $75-million US grant from the American-based National Institutes of Health.
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Advances in medical science have made transplant surgery a desired treatment for some serious diseases. Unfortunately, while the number of patients needing a transplant increases, the availability of donated organs remains small.
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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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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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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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TORONTO (CP) - A group of Canadian researchers has made a discovery of potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could not only one day lead to new treatments for diabetes but also change the way scientists understand the way cells develop.