Stem Cell Research Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

A ucsf team has claimed it s the first to turn human stem cells into the mature insulin.

Stem cell research cure for type 1 diabetes.

A group of scientists at viacyte inc is working on this idea using an embryonic stem cell therapy approach to treat type 1 diabetes. In 2004 the university of pittsburgh grew insulin producing beta cells by introducing two genes cdk and cyclin d via a virus. Stem cell research may be controversial but it s showing incredible promise in treating a number of long incurable diseases. Research has demonstrated that stem cells can be grown in the lab.

Their work is jointly funded by california institute for regenerative medicine cirm and the international juvenile diabetes research foundation jdrf. This type of diabetes was once referred to as juvenile onset diabetes because it usually begins in childhood. The latest target for scientists working with stem cells is type 1. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 10 of diabetes cases and people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin administration to survive.

Stem cell researchers make breakthrough in type 1 diabetes treatment by nolan feeney october 12 2014 1 13 pm edt. According to new research an innovative stem cell technique rapidly cured severe type 1 diabetes in mice. Type 1 diabetes results when a person s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the b cells. Wednesday june 5 healthday news using an immune suppressing medication and adult stem cells from healthy donors researchers say they were able to cure type 1 diabetes in mice.

9 2014 healthday news in what may be a step toward a cure for type 1 diabetes researchers say they ve developed a large scale method for turning human embryonic stem cells.