Source: Daily Telegraph
Posted: 24 January 2007 1:55 A.M. GMT
Summary:
The Daily Telegraph reports:
"Cells passed from pregnant women to the foetus could hold the key to treating childhood diabetes, according to a new study. Scientists have discovered that stem cells are passed from mothers to unborn children with type 1 diabetes and may help repair the damage caused by immune attacks on insulin-producing cells thought responsible for the development of the disease."
