Diabetes News from dLife.com: Adult Stem Cells from Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered to Make Insulin

Diabetes News from dLife.com: Adult Stem Cells from Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered to Make Insulin
In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have engineered adult stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood to produce insulin.

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One thought on “Diabetes News from dLife.com: Adult Stem Cells from Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Successfully Engineered to Make Insulin”

  1. Manny says:
    3rd June 2007 at 4:42 AM

    I know there was a reason why I should have saved my son's umbilical cord... :S

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