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- Relationship to Diabetes
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Scientists say they are one step closer to treating diabetic patients with their own insulin-producing cells.
The revelation comes after researchers used cloning technology to make embryonic stem cells carrying a diabetic woman's genes, and turned them into insulin-producing beta cells that may one day cure her disease.
The team reported clearing an important hurdle in the quest to make "personalised stem cells" for use in disease therapy, but a bioethicist said the breakthrough also highlighted the need for better regulation of lab-grown embryos.
"We are now one step closer to being able to treat diabetic patients with their own insulin-producing cells," said Dieter Egli of the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), who led the study published in the journal Nature.
http://health.msn.co.nz/healthnews/8837340/scientists-closer-to-diabetes-cure
The revelation comes after researchers used cloning technology to make embryonic stem cells carrying a diabetic woman's genes, and turned them into insulin-producing beta cells that may one day cure her disease.
The team reported clearing an important hurdle in the quest to make "personalised stem cells" for use in disease therapy, but a bioethicist said the breakthrough also highlighted the need for better regulation of lab-grown embryos.
"We are now one step closer to being able to treat diabetic patients with their own insulin-producing cells," said Dieter Egli of the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), who led the study published in the journal Nature.
http://health.msn.co.nz/healthnews/8837340/scientists-closer-to-diabetes-cure