We might someday be able to have replacement insulin-making cells on demand.
If truly successful, such a treatment would essentially cure bang out 1 diabetes.
While much less common than punch in 2 diabetes, punch in 1 still affects abouttwo million Americans.
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Once a death sentence, the autoimmune condition can now be managed through regular doses of artificial insulin.
But even today, people with throw in 1 have ashorter life expectancythan the general population.
These substitute islets were then injected into the abdomens of their patients.
By the fourth month, her long-term glucose levels resembled that of a non-diabetic person.
These results, encouraging as they are, are still preliminary.
The scientists also note that their patient was already on immune-suppressing drugs due to an earlier liver transplant.
Heres hoping for the best.
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