Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin: study
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Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.
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MILWAUKEE -- Umbilical-cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two big studies indicate.
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Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in transplant technology that could help cure more people with diabetes.
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When a child develops diabetes, it&#39;s critical to know if it&#39;s the type that requires insulin treatment or the other version that can be controlled with diet and exercise.
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For decades, leukemia patients have had to rely on finding a bone marrow donor to give them a new supply of blood cells. Now, two studies show that adult patients can safely use umbilical cord to help them rebuild their health.
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Transplanting umbilical cord blood from two separate donors appears to be a safe and effective treatment for leukemia, new research suggests.
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Giving children with type 1 diabetes an  infusion of blood saved from their own umbilical cords helped  reduce the severity of their disease, U.S. researchers said on  Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Cutting carbohydrates in  pregnancy may help babies' livers, protecting them from later  diseases such as diabetes, according to preliminary studies  conducted in mice.
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NEW YORK NOV 25, 2004  - HLA-mismatched umbilical cord blood is an acceptable source of hematopoietic stem cell grafts for patients with leukemia who lack an HLA-matched bone marrow donor, according to two reports in the November 25th
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TORONTO (CP) - A group of Canadian researchers has made a discovery of potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could not only one day lead to new treatments for diabetes but also change the way scientists understand the way cells develop.
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Graduate students at the University of Toronto have boosted hopes for an effective diabetes treatment after growing insulin-producing tissue from the single cell of a mouse pancreas.
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Blood from a newborn baby&#39;s umbilical cord can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says. Cord-blood transplants have tended to be used only on children as it was not thought to contain
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A stem cell cure for diabetes is a step closer, Canadian researchers are predicting.
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Doctors were able to eliminate the need  for insulin injections in diabetic women for a year or more by  simplifying the technique of transplanting insulin-producing  cells, a small study said on Tuesday.
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Scientists have developed an easy-to-use technique for reprogramming a skin cell of a mouse back to the embryonic state, which could have implications for regenerative medicine in humans.
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For nine months, the umbilical cord is a lifeline between mother and baby, sending oxygenated blood to the growing fetus. Once the baby is born, however, that connection is often quickly severed.
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Toronto University scientists have said that stem cells can be a cure for diabetes, thereby eradicating the need for replacing insulin.