There are two types of diabetes – the first and the second. In the first case, patients constantly require insulin, the disease was considered incurable in official medicine.
As reported by the Daily Mail, scientists from Nankai and Peking Universities have improved the method of cell reprogramming. More than a year ago, they transplanted a 25-year-old patient with type 1 diabetes with her own modified stem cells.
Three months later, the girl's body began to produce insulin on its own, and there was no longer a need for injections. The patient feels well and says that she can finally eat sweets.
The stem cells were used to grow clusters of new “islets,” hormone-producing cells in the pancreas and liver that help regulate sugar levels in the body.
— They completely reversed diabetes in a patient who previously required a significant amount of insulin, —transplant surgeon Dr. James Shapiro noted.
Doctors, however, are cautious in their prognosis. University of Miami endocrinologist Dr. Jay Skyler, who specializes in type 1 diabetes, noted that he would like to see the patient's body continue to produce insulin on its own for five years before considering her case truly “cured.”
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone needed to regulate blood sugar levels. It is an autoimmune disease that most often develops in children and young adults, but can occur at any age.
Causes:
- Autoimmune reaction. The immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys the beta cells of the pancreas, which produce insulin.
- Genetic predisposition.
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