Recovering Insulin-Producing Cells in Diabetics May Be Possible

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Recovering Insulin-Producing Cells in Diabetics May Be Possible

A Yale-led research team identified how insulin-producing cells that are typically destroyed in type 1 diabetes can change in order to survive immune attack.

The finding may lead to strategies for recovering these cells in diabetic patients, said the researchers.
Researchers Testing Beta Cells

The study was published on Feb. 9 in Cell Metabolism.

In patients with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, the immune system destroys beta cells — the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas. But some beta cells survive in diabetic patients even years after the onset of disease.

Full news article:
http://thediabeticnews.com/recovering-insulin-producing-cells-in-diabetics/

[Bayard]

1. Had Two Type 1 Diabetic Sisters

Both passed away long before their time. Hope this technology works for future generations.