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Stem Cells Can Treat Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007

A new study suggests that a mother’s stem cells could be stored and used to treat her diabetic child.

Diabetes Cure From Stem Cell Research in Four Years?

Posted: Thursday, December 14, 2006

The first big target for embryonic stem cell research in Australia will be a cure for diabetes, with a top researcher predicting major progress within four years.

Diabetes Set to Wipe Out Whole Ethnic Populations by End of Century

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

With one in two having diabetes, it could wipe out Maori and Polynesian Islanders by the end of the century, according to an international expert in the disease.

Human Stem Cells Stimulate Insulin Production in Diabetic Mice

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

Transplantation of human stromal cells into diabetic mice stimulated native mouse beta cells to produce insulin, and the human cells were taken up into the animals' glomerular epithelium.

Pres. Bush Veto’s Bill To Further Embryonic Stem-Cell Research

Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Speaking in Washington, President Bush declared that the proposed law would have supported ' the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others and it crosses a real moral boundary that our society needs to respect.'

Stem Cell Project Could Lead to Human Tissue Grown from Stem Cells in Four Years

Posted: Monday, September 19, 2005

Scientists at the University of Liverpool are leading a major European clinical engineering project that should see human tissue grown from stem cells available for transplant in the next four years.Scientists will develop the technology to target heart failure, diabetes, chronic ulcers and neurodegenerative diseases in particular

Britain Opens World's First Stem Cell Bank

Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2004

The world's first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research. The bank aims to store and supply stem cell lines for research and ultimately for treatment of conditions like diabetes, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. Its store of stem cells is expected to number tens of thousands

Cell Therapy 'To Reverse Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Researchers in the US have found a naturally-occurring hormone , glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1) which can tranform adult stem cells into cells which can produce insulin.

Researchers Pave Way for Stem-Cell Approach to Diabetes Cure With Flies

Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2002

First step in understanding how insulin-releasing cells develop.