Study: Stem Cells May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

[amyrose2712]

Researchers have used injections of patients' own stem cells to reverse the course of type 1 diabetes, reports a research team from the University of São Paulo in Brazil and Northwestern University in Chicago.

The findings, published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, exemplify the remarkable gains made by diabetes researchers, who are battling a continuously spreading disease that now affects nearly 8% of adults and children. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs of 2008.)

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"I wouldn't use the word cure," says Dr. Richard Burt, one of the co-authors from Northwestern University. "But it appears we changed the natural history of the disease. It's the first therapy for patients that leaves them treatment-free — no insulin, no immune suppression for almost five years."

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1891122,00.html

[goclark]

1. Oh Happy Day for so many people ~

This is what I believe the body was suppose to do ~

[eShirl]

2. I hope it doesn't take many years before it's available in the U.S. (and covered by Medicare)

[Sancho]

3. Why do this research in Brazil? Likely illegal in the US!

We exported more than jobs because of the Bush policies.