by rss feed | Mar 13, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
Destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is at the heart of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. “We are looking for ways to make new beta cells for these patients to one day replace daily insulin injections,” says Ben Stanger, MD, PhD, assistant...
by rss feed | Feb 10, 2014 | Diabetes, News Feeds
A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because they do not know what must be done – but because the tools did not exist to do it. But now scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, harnessing the power of regenerative medicine, have...