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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Scientists have used cloning technology to make embryonic stem cells that carry a diabetic woman's genes and turned them into insulin-producing beta cells that could cure her disease.
The team reported clearing an big hurdle in the quest to make "personalised stem cells" for use in disease therapy, but a bioethicist said it 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, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/arti...oning-could-lead-cure-diabetes-say-scientists
The team reported clearing an big hurdle in the quest to make "personalised stem cells" for use in disease therapy, but a bioethicist said it 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, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/arti...oning-could-lead-cure-diabetes-say-scientists