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DOORBRAAK IN BEHANDELING VAN DIABETES GEMELD |
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Doorbraak in behandeling van Diabetes
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Israeli Research Could Signal Diabetes Breakthrough
by Gil Ronen |
(IsraelNN.com) Researchers at Ben Gurion University believe they have made a discovery that could make it possible to effectively neutralize the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes, the Israel21c website reports.
Dr. Eli Lewis and researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, Israel, in collaboration with the universities of Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and the University of Colorado, have discovered a method for successfully transplanting 'islets' of healthy insulin producing tissue into the diabetic pancreas.
The transplants themselves, which temporarily cause the pancreas to function properly and produce insulin, are not a new technique. Until now, however, their effect has been short-lived and patients who were treated eventually returned to inject insulin.
The Israeli team found a drug that has been available for 20 years prevents rejection of the healthy 'islets' and prolonged the survival of the islets indefinitely in laboratory animals. "We stopped therapy and the grafts were maintained in the animal and continued to correct the glucose levels," Dr. Lewis stated.
The World Health Organization estimates that over 180 million people worldwide have diabetes and predicts that their number will more than double by 2030. |
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