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- 26 September 2024
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first
- Smriti Mallapaty
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A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells 1 . She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body.
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Nature 634 , 271-272 (2024)
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