Source: Reuters
Posted: February 20, 2008 5:14pm EST
Summary:
Reuters reports biotechnology researchers turned human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells in mice:
"Human stem cells transformed into nearly normal insulin-producing cells when implanted into mice, possibly offering a way to treat diabetes long-term, researchers at a U.S. company reported... Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the team at San Diego, California-based Novocell Inc said their work showed that human embryonic stem cells might fulfill the promise of treating or perhaps even curing diabetes."
