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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Tom Cartier?s dream of a cure for Type 1 diabetes is a step closer to reality.
A University of Minnesota research team led by Dr. Bernhard Hering has successfully reversed the disease by transplanting pig islet cells into diabetic monkeys, according to researchers with the Spring Point Project.
Spring Point is the nonprofit set up by Cartier, owner of the Cartier insurance agency in Lincoln Park, to provide pigs for diabetes research.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/216130/
A University of Minnesota research team led by Dr. Bernhard Hering has successfully reversed the disease by transplanting pig islet cells into diabetic monkeys, according to researchers with the Spring Point Project.
Spring Point is the nonprofit set up by Cartier, owner of the Cartier insurance agency in Lincoln Park, to provide pigs for diabetes research.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/216130/