The gold standard treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus is intensive insulin replacement. An alternative approach is to suppress the autoimmune reaction against pancreatic β-cells; this ...
Mesenchymal stem cells are vital in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, lung diseases, diabetes and many other medical conditions. [iStockphoto] For many people, complex medical ...
A stem cell-based system could have the advantage ... to overcome before beta cells can be used as a therapy for type 1 diabetes. One major challenge is figuring out how to prevent the immune ...
Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...
Scientists have found ways to grow embryonic stem cells in the lab, and are trying to use them to cure conditions such as diabetes (by replacing the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas), or ...
If stem cell therapies are successful, they could offer new hope for diseases such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and diabetes, which currently have no fundamental treatment methods.