London woman off insulin for Type 1 diabetes after a single dose of experimental manufactured stem cells

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/woman-off-insulin-for-type-1-diabetes-after-a-single-dose-of-experimental-manufactured-stem-cells/

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bunkyprewster@startrek.website · 14 pts · 1y

But there’s a tradeoff. The patients, however, require immune-suppressing drugs for life, so that the immune system doesn’t destroy the cells.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

The 36-year-old nurse and mother is part of a small, but what some call “milestone study,” of patients with Type 1 Diabetes using manufactured stem cells, designed to grow in the liver and become the full array of pancreatic islet cells that naturally control blood sugar levels.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But the cells come from unborn children so this is satanic. /s

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y

How are you on Lemmy if you don't know that /s stands for sarcasm, you fucking dolts.

dbbljack@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It ain't news until you don't need to be immunosuppressed.

davel@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.