Existing treatments include frequent intravenous injections
of insulin and transplant of pancreas cells from cadavers into diabetes
patients. Scientists have also proposed using stem cells to make fresh pancreas
cells for transplant. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire The new research presents the possibility of recruiting
cells at the junction between the stomach and small intestines to make insulin
instead.
"It's a lot simpler than transplanting beta
cells," the
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