Cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

Cell Replacement Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes

Stem Cell Therapy for Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus

Stem Cell Therapy for Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus

Stem cells therapy for type 1 diabetes.

In this article, we have reviewed the developments of studies of stem cells therapy for type 1 diabetes since this century. Review of the literature was based on computer searches (PubMed) and our studies. Type 1 diabetes can now be ameliorated by islet transplantation, but this treatment is restricted by the scarcity of islet tissue. Hopes for a limitless supply of a substitute for primary isl...

Gene therapy for type 1 diabetes.

The most intensively studied autoimmune disorder, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1), has attracted perhaps the greatest interest for gene-based therapeutic and prophylactic interventions. The final clinical manifestation of this immunologically and genetically complex disease, the absence of insulin, is the major starting point for almost all the gene therapy modalities attempted to date. Insulin ...