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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
U.S. scientists who successfully transplanted insulin-producing islet cells from rats to mice say it is the first step toward animal-to-human transplant of islet cells for people with type 1 diabetes.
The researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Illinois developed a method that prevented the mice from rejecting the rats' islet cells without the use of drugs to suppress their immune system.
The study was published online July 12 in the journal Diabetes.
http://health.usnews.com/health-new...iabetes-hope-animal-to-human-cell-transplants
The researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Illinois developed a method that prevented the mice from rejecting the rats' islet cells without the use of drugs to suppress their immune system.
The study was published online July 12 in the journal Diabetes.
http://health.usnews.com/health-new...iabetes-hope-animal-to-human-cell-transplants