2023-08-02 10:00:00
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Thanks to an infusion of islets of Langerhans derived from stem cells, diabetic patients were able to stop their insulin treatment. A world first.
By Heloise Rambert
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L’insulin, soon to be obsolete in the treatment of diabetes? If the path is still long, it begins to take shape. According to new results presented at the congress of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), held last June in San Diego, pancreatic stem cell transplantation might be the therapeutic revolution of tomorrow. In any case, this is what a conclusive experiment carried out on six patients suggests.
Reminder of the facts: insulin, the hormone that regulates glycaemia (the level of sugar in the blood), is produced by the pancreas, in particular by cells grouped together in small clusters called islets of Langerhans. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly recognizes these islets as foreign to the body, turns once morest them and…
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