Scanning electron micrograph showing umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells grown in gel culture.
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A small trial has shown that stem cells taken from an infant’s umbilical cord may slow the progression of type 1 diabetes in others.
Type 1 diabetes usually begins in teenagers or young adults when the immune system mistakenly begins to attack cells in the pancreas that make the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar levels. Therefore, people with this condition should be injected with artificial insulin.
To explore the possibilities of stem cells…
