Health News: [diabetes ]: 1st interspecies transplant for new diabetes treatment a success

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   1st interspecies transplant for new diabetes treatment a success Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 08:50 AM PDT Washington, July 13 : In the first step toward animal-to-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type 1 diabetes, scientists have successfully transplanted islets, the cells that produce insulin, from one species to another. Continue reading Congress leader from BP Koirala's cabinet dies Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 07:20 AM PDT Aangdambe, who was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, died while undergoing treatment at Om Hospital, Chabahil, Kathmandu. Aangdambe, who hailed from Paanchthar, was Food, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister in B.P Koirala's democratically elected government. Continue reading Animal-Human Transplants Work For Diabetes Treatment Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 07:09 AM PDT April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Northwestern Medicine researchers have completed the first step toward animal-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type-1 diabetes by successfully transplanting islets from one species to another. Islets are the cells that pr... Continue reading

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