That's getting a lot of press, but I'm not sure why. It's fairly old news.
Promising, but no where near the success of a transplant. And, worse, it
takes three donor pancreases for each recipient. Given the shortage, that's
a high cost.
Still cool.
Tom
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Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Life is entertaining [OT - completely]
> Heard some good news on the radio this morning. A group in the east
> figured out that you can put insulin-producing cells in the body and
> they'll find a home and produce insulin.
>
> Another group in California [not sure which university] has figured out
> a way to grow these cells.
>
> They're hoping to be able to "cure" Type 1 diabetes in a "few years".
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