But there’s a tradeoff. The patients, however, require immune-suppressing drugs for life, so that the immune system doesn’t destroy the cells.
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The 36-year-old nurse and mother is part of a small, but what some call “milestone study,” of patients with Type 1 Diabetes using manufactured stem cells, designed to grow in the liver and become the full array of pancreatic islet cells that naturally control blood sugar levels.
But the cells come from unborn children so this is satanic. /s
How are you on Lemmy if you don't know that /s stands for sarcasm, you fucking dolts.
It ain't news until you don't need to be immunosuppressed.
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.