Insulin Stem Cells Hold Hope for Diabetes Treatment: In study with mice, they also repaired damage to kidneys

Source: HealthDay News
Date: November 7, 2006

Summary:

Stem cells might one day pack a one-two punch when it comes to treating people with diabetes. In a new study conducted with diabetic mice, human stem cells not only repaired insulin-producing cells in the rodents, they also fixed cells in damaged kidneys.