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The Daily Mail UK reported that a scientists may have found a way to turn skin cells into healthy pancreatic cells, replacing the damaged cells found in type 1 diabetes.
The Daily Mail UK reported that a scientists may have found a way to turn skin cells into healthy pancreatic cells, replacing the damaged cells found in type 1 diabetes.
According to the Daily Mail UK:
The researchers, from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco, found the right recipe to turn human skin cells into healthy, fully-functional versions of the pancreatic beta cells that are damaged in diabetes.
Anna Morris, of the charity Diabetes UK, said:
The generation of insulin-producing pancreatic cells in the lab, that could be successfully transplanted into people with diabetes, is a very exciting area of research that could revolutionise the future treatment of the condition.
The results of this particular early-stage laboratory study, which has been carried out in mice, are very promising and we look forward to future investigations testing whether this method could be reproduced in humans, and ultimately developed as a treatment for diabetes.
It’s very exciting that research in this area is moving forward.