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A research team led by Douglas Melton (left) has made insulin-secreting cells using human stem cells. Each year, surgeon Jose Oberholzer frees a few people with type 1 diabetes from daily insulin injections by giving them a transplant of the…
Keep readingProfessor Doug Melton of Harvard University and his team have discovered how to coax human embryonic stem cells into making insulin. The CDP is currently collaborating with Dr. Melton’s lab and using these cells to further the advancement of a functional cure.
Keep readingCDP’s own, Kirstie Danielson, finds transplanted pancreatic islets from female donors outperformed those from male donors in recipients with type 1 diabetes.
Keep readingSenator Durbin praised Dr. José Oberholzer for his success in functionally curing individuals from diabetes.
Keep reading“This is a life-changing experience for those who are eligible, and yes, they say that it’s a ‘functional cure‘ to them.”
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