DIABETES BREAKTHROUGH USING STEM CELLS

 DIABETES IS SEEN THREE FOURTH OF THE POPULATION...

  • Scientists have made insulin-producing cells from sperm stem cells , a technique that could one day be used to treat type1 diabetic patients.
  • G.Ian Gallicano; Assosciate profeesor at Georgetown University Medical Centre in Washington DC; transformed the precursor (early) for human sperms- SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS(SSC) into beta-islet cells which proc=duce insulin.
  • They extracted human SSCs from the testicles of dead organ donors. These are the pleuripotent stem cells.
  • The researchers showed that these cells contain certain biological  markers indicating they are similiar to beta islet cells.
  • When these were transplanted into dibetic mice (which were engineered to have no immune system) the rodents blood sugar level dropped for a week which shows that the transplanted cells are producing insulin for a week.

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