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People with severe diabetes cured in small stem cell trial

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par Craig Beall, Senior Lecturer in Experimental Diabetes, University of Exeter

The cure for diabetes is a life free from daily insulin injections. Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a new clinical trial were cured of their diabetes one year after receiving an advanced stem cell therapy.

This study used laboratory-grown pancreatic islet cells. They were infused into the liver, where they took up residence. Within a year, most participants no longer required insulin injections.

One of the most striking benefits was the rapid prevention of dangerously…

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