Tuesday, April 19, 2005

World-first transplant frees diabetic

Leigh Dayton writing for theaustraliannews.com reports:

A YOUNG diabetic has been freed from the burden of daily insulin injections after becoming the world's first recipient of insulin-producing cells from a living donor.

The successful transplant of more than 400,000 so-called islet cells promises to be another option for treating people with insulin-dependent, or Type 1, diabetes, researchers claimed yesterday.

Read the article here.

Hat tip to FinzToRite of the Pinehurst Thread for the link.

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