Airencracken
04-19-2005, 11:46 AM
Well sort of...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2482.html
Woman loses diabetes through islet cell transplant
A woman’s Type 1 diabetes was reversed when Japanese scientists transplanted insulin-producing cells, called islets in medical jargon, into her from her mother’s pancreas. The findings of the experiment have been published in The Lancet.
The donor, a 56-year-old woman with a compatible blood type and healthy insulin and glucose levels, provided islet cells to her 27-year-old daughter, who had been suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for the last 12 years. The patient required daily insulin injections to elevate her blood sugar levels.
In Japan on January 19 this year, Kyoto University Hospital’s Shinichi Matsumoto and his team isolated islet cells from the 56-year-old woman and planted them into her daughter’s liver. The patient’s blood glucose levels were watched on a regular basis and she was subsequently taken off insulin. In about 22 days after the operation, the diabetes victim became insulin-independent and has so far remained that way. No complications have been seen in both the donor and the recipient and doctors are hopeful that the islet cell transplant would last up to five years.
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Wow. Awesome.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2482.html
Woman loses diabetes through islet cell transplant
A woman’s Type 1 diabetes was reversed when Japanese scientists transplanted insulin-producing cells, called islets in medical jargon, into her from her mother’s pancreas. The findings of the experiment have been published in The Lancet.
The donor, a 56-year-old woman with a compatible blood type and healthy insulin and glucose levels, provided islet cells to her 27-year-old daughter, who had been suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for the last 12 years. The patient required daily insulin injections to elevate her blood sugar levels.
In Japan on January 19 this year, Kyoto University Hospital’s Shinichi Matsumoto and his team isolated islet cells from the 56-year-old woman and planted them into her daughter’s liver. The patient’s blood glucose levels were watched on a regular basis and she was subsequently taken off insulin. In about 22 days after the operation, the diabetes victim became insulin-independent and has so far remained that way. No complications have been seen in both the donor and the recipient and doctors are hopeful that the islet cell transplant would last up to five years.
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Wow. Awesome.