Source: Associated Press
Posted: April 10, 2007, 4:49 PM CDT
Summary:
The Associated Press reports on the new clinical trial using patients' own blood stem cells to attempt to treat Type 1 diabetes:
"Thirteen young diabetics in Brazil have ditched their insulin shots and need no other medication thanks to a risky, but promising treatment with their own stem cells – apparently the first time such a feat has been accomplished. Though too early to call it a cure, the procedure has enabled the young people, who have Type I diabetes, to live insulin-free so far, some as long as three years."
