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Cure Insight
ADA Scientific Sessions 2013: A Pause Before The “Next Big Thing”
Every year since 1940, the American Diabetes Association has brought doctors, researchers, clinicians, and industry together for an annual event…
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Four-Legged Islet Factories: The Pigs of Auckland Island
A herd of pigs from a remote island in the south Pacific Ocean hold the promise of a virtually endless…
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Putting Killer Cells in Reverse: The Hidden Power of CXCL12
Poznansky has developed a process to keep “killer” cells away from transplanted tissue, specifically islets, by deceiving them into not…
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A Type 1 Triple Play
What if we could forecast which people would suffer from Type 1 diabetes years before it happened?
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Mending Metabolism
Bariatric surgery early in the course of a patient’s diabetes is far more likely to produce remission, and sustained improvements…
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Stemming the Tide of Immune Response
Delivering mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during islet transplantation more than doubled islet function, enhanced islet survival and reversed rejection episodes.…
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Small Wonders On A Cellular Battlefield
“We’re exploring using materials that release, slowly, low amounts of drugs at the implant site for many years. Instead of…
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A Safe House for Islets
“The BioHub is a localized micro-environment,” said Ricordi. “It is a quantum leap in cell therapy to replace insulin-producing cells…
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Games Cells Play: Protecting Islet Transplants
"It's a lot like shrink wrapping," said Dr. Alice Tomei of the islet cell encapsulation technique she uses. This "conformal…
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Operating On Diabetes
Bariatric Surgeries Can Cure Type 2 Diabetes. But They're No Free Lunch.
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A Cure Out Of Thin Air?
The Diabetes Research Institute's "oxygen sandwich" may help Chris Fraker and his coworkers make islet cell transplantation -- and a…
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Inside the Hope Factory
Scientists at Miami's Diabetes Research Institute, led by Dr. Camillo Ricordi, believe they are closing in on a cure.
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