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Patient with type 1 diabetes functionally cured using stem cell injections (medicalxpress.com)
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In a procedure lasting approximately 30 minutes, the researchers injected 1.5 million of the islets they had grown into the abdomen of the first patient, a 25-year-old woman. Placing them in the abdomen allowed for easy monitoring and removal if necessary. Two and a half months later, testing showed the patient was producing enough of her own insulin to stop injections.

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[–] Sinatra@lemmings.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

this is amazing news.