Stem cells pave the way for new treatment of diabetes

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415 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes. And the number continues to rise. Common to all diabetes patients is that they lack the ability to produce sufficient amounts of insulin, which regulates the blood sugar in the body. This can lead to a number of complications and in many cases be potentially fatal.

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen, which has just been published in the internationally acclaimed journal Nature Cell Biology, shows how researchers using human stem cells can produce insulin-producing cells that in the future can be transplanted into diabetes patients.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106112248.htm
 
Northerner said:
415 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes. And the number continues to rise. Common to all diabetes patients is that they lack the ability to produce sufficient amounts of insulin, which regulates the blood sugar in the body. This can lead to a number of complications and in many cases be potentially fatal.

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen, which has just been published in the internationally acclaimed journal Nature Cell Biology, shows how researchers using human stem cells can produce insulin-producing cells that in the future can be transplanted into diabetes patients.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106112248.htm
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I’ll have some for Christmas please! 🙂
 
That's what NUC have been doing. A real good bunch of Drs & specialist's. 😎
 
Bit late for me and you though Hobie though if they need any volunteers, please let me know! LOL
 
I have been volunteering for years with them. A real good bunch of Drs here in Newcastle. Have a look at the posts I did about NUC 🙂
 
Yep Hobie - few years back of course and it was University of Warwick doing all the diabetes research - the medical schools all take it in turns to major in different conditions.
 
I'll say it again - it is great that they may be able to inject insulin producing cells, but who is going to tell my immune system not to kill them😱
 
I think what they intend to do about that is to encapsulate the cells in a way that reduces antibody attack. Nobody is kidding themselves that this is a permanent fix, so you may end up with maybe 6 or12 monthly treatment.
 
mikeyB said:
I think what they intend to do about that is to encapsulate the cells in a way that reduces antibody attack. Nobody is kidding themselves that this is a permanent fix, so you may end up with maybe 6 or12 monthly treatment.
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From my poetry blog, written almost exactly 7 years ago! :D

Pig Sushi
Just when I think I have heard the most bizarre research being conducted into finding a cure for diabetes, along comes another, even more extraordinary notion! Pig sushi definitely makes it into my top ten potential cures! Apparently, according to this New Scientist article, scientists have been exploring the potential of using porcine islet cells coated in a seaweed-derived extract to transplant into humans. The pig cells used are taken from a special breed of pig which lives only on Auckland Island south of New Zealand, which has been isolated for over two centuries and is free from any organism likely to infect humans. The seaweed helps to overcome the possibility of the cells being rejected by the host body.

I await with wonder and eagerness the ‘cure’ that will trump Pig Sushi on my all-time list of diabetes cures!

Waiter, excuse me, but what’s this dish here?
It sounds quite revolting and decidedly queer!
For I always thought sushi was made out of fish,
But what you are offering is a quite different dish!

Ah yes sir, pig sushi – a speciality of ours,
And a dish that’s possessed of some magical powers!
It’s pork wrapped in seaweed from the Sargasso Sea,
And it cures diabetes (though there are no guarantees!)

But why so expensive for seaweed and pork?
Is it served with champagne and a solid gold fork?
Do they fly pigs from China on a business class fare?
Do they pluck strands of seaweed from a fair mermaid’s hair?

Not quite sir, but almost, for the pigs that we seek,
Live south of New Zealand in a herd that’s unique…
Some say they are tended by mystical elves,
And they don’t need a plane as they fly here themselves!

Well it sounds like a meal that is fit for a king!
Whoever could imagine such a remarkable thing?
Bring it at once! I can’t wait to be cured!
And there’ll be a large tip, of that be assured!
:D
 
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