That's what the pluripotent stem cell field has been waiting for. Own cells, reprogrammed to iPSCs; differentiated into insulin-producing cells, and translanted back into patient, effectively curing type-1 diabetes! One patient. One year. But a tremendous proof-of-concept.
Now online! Transplantation of chemically induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived islets under abdominal anterior rectus sheath in a type 1 diabetes patient
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