Type I diabetics in stem cell experiment
Here is the story, in a nutshell:
“The 15 diabetics were treated at a bone marrow center at the University of Sao Paulo.
All had newly diagnosed diabetes, and their insulin-producing cells had not been destroyed.
That timing is key, Burt said. “If you wait too long,” he said, “you’ve exceeded the body’s ability to repair itself.”
The procedure involves stimulating the body to produce new stem cells and harvesting them from the patient’s blood. Next comes several days of high-dose chemotherapy, which virtually shuts down the patient’s immune system and stops destruction of the few remaining insulin-producing cells in the body. This requires hospitalization and potent drugs to fend off infection. The harvested stem cells, when injected back into the body, build a new healthier immune system that does not attack the insulin-producing cells.”
This will be a great boon in Type I diabetes treatment!
Experimental Diabetes Treatment
stem cell, Diabetes, Type I,insulin, immune system
stem cell, Diabetes, Type I, insulin, immune system
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