Stem cells could help treat diabetes

The method of treatment of diabetes mellitus type-1 stem cells suggested that researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago. It was called "therapy with stem cell training." In diabetes, type 1 insulin synthesis is disturbed due to the immune system attacks the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. A new method of treatment is to co-incubation of lymphocytes and the patient's cord blood stem cells donor. As a result, T-cells of the immune system of the patient "retrain" and cease to destroy pancreatic beta cells. In tests of new therapies and attended by 15 people with diabetes. 12 weeks after its use the patient's body began to produce its own insulin.