Posted on 07/28/2008 7:03:47 AM PDT by fightinJAG
IN THE MEANTIME
ADULT (not embryonic) stem cell research has, in the lab, induced the growth of brand new islet cells in the Pancreas (they make the insulin), and
I think the better, more favorable, hope is that improvement, and verification of that method in human clinical trials will end diabetes, providing reversal of its cause and the cause for long-term artificial administration of insulin.
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