Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Stem Cell Therapy May Combat Type 1 Diabetes

Source: HealthDay News
Date: April 10, 2007

Summary:

A pilot study of people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes found that stem cell therapy eliminated the need for insulin therapy for varying periods of time. This is the first trial to look at stem cell therapy in humans with this form of the disease. But experts stressed that the research is preliminary and urged caution when interpreting the results, which are published in the April 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.