Science could be well on its way to a cure for type 1 diabetes, as researchers hone transplant therapies designed to restore patients' ability to produce their own insulin, experts say.
Because of their potential for direct cellular damage and causing extensive inflammation, viruses are one of the major candidates for triggering autoimmunity. Although there is epidemiological evidence, direct proof for viruses as causative agents for autoimmune disease is hard to get since most viruses...
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In type 1 diabetes we have two problems. There is an absence of insulin-producing beta cells and also an autoimmune attack, which is what killed the cells in the first place. Our lab and others have worked on problem one and I am confident that we are going to get buckets of beta cel...
Although the exact cause of type 1 diabetes isn’t known, it’s thought to be caused by an autoimmune response where the body attacks and destroys the pancreas’ beta cells, the cells that produceinsulin. For years, researchers have looked at‘curing’ diabetesby using stem cells to createin...
Can a Cure for Diabetes Be Found Through Surgery? Can a cure for diabetes be音频:00:0006:37 《文末附视频》 This may not be a word-for-word transcript. Narrator:Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing health cris...
Treatment aims to cure type-1 diabetes By ABC7Thursday, May 5, 2011 May 4, 2011 THE TREATMENT: Islet cells make up one to two percent of the pancreas and are responsible for insulin production. In islet transplantation, islet cells are taken from a deceased donor's pancreas and injected...
Type 1 Diabetes is a disease that destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin, known as islet cells. Now doctors are transplanting islet cells from a donor pancreas to provide a cure for some patients,The Early Showmedical correspondent Dr. Emily Senayreports. ...
His idea is a method for finding the killer t cells for type 1 diabetes, those for type 2, determining if they are the same or different, and if there are several types. “I have a method for finding out that’s very simple, very straightforward,” he told me. Then, when they find...
Islet transplantation can cure diabetes In a patient suffering from Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is not able to produce insulin, the hormone responsible for glucose metabolism. As a result, these patients need to constantly monitor their blood glucose levels, and adjust these with insulin injection...