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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A cure for type 1 diabetes could be just around the corner - but it needs an injection of cash.
New Zealand scientists want to start trials using stem cells to restore the insulin-making capabilities of people with the disease.
If successful, the research may also benefit sufferers of other auto-immune diseases and people with spinal cord injuries.
The research would be done by Dunedin-based scientists with the Spinal Cord Society of New Zealand.
The society's clinical research director, Otago Medical School haematologist Dr Jim Faed, said $800,000 was needed for a facility to grow large quantities of stem cells from samples taken from the bone marrow of adults participating in the trial.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10844949
New Zealand scientists want to start trials using stem cells to restore the insulin-making capabilities of people with the disease.
If successful, the research may also benefit sufferers of other auto-immune diseases and people with spinal cord injuries.
The research would be done by Dunedin-based scientists with the Spinal Cord Society of New Zealand.
The society's clinical research director, Otago Medical School haematologist Dr Jim Faed, said $800,000 was needed for a facility to grow large quantities of stem cells from samples taken from the bone marrow of adults participating in the trial.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10844949