Stem Cell Research

Endocrinologists see hope for stem-cell use as diabetes cure

Published in Biotech Business Week, November 29th, 2004

A report from a medical panel of academic and community-based endocrinologists and transplant surgeons acknowledged that a recent study supports the use of stem cells as a future cure for type I diabetes.

The panel was responding to recently published research where pancreatic insulin-producing islet cells were discovered in mice.

The panelists were unanimous in their enthusiasm that this research, conducted jointly at the Universities of Alberta and Toronto (Canada), adds more hope to the goal of getting human stem cells to produce insulin, and thus finding a cure for diabetes.

While most panelists felt that clinical use of...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2004-11-29)

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