Source: Agence France Presse (AFP)
Posted: April 10, 2007 07:29 AM EDT
Summary:
An experimental stem cell therapy designed to reverse the course of type 1 diabetes by using patients' own stem cells to rebuild their immune systems allowed patients to go treatment-free for months and in one case, three years, a study released today said. Thirteen of the 15 patients who took part in testing the therapy were able to quit the insulin injections that most diabetics depend on and remain insulin-free today, the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
