Scientists at Harvard have cultivated insulinovyrabatyvayuschie cells on an industrial scale
Cure diabetes first type may be on the way thanks to the open scientists from Harvard University, a way to grow insulin-producing cells from stem cells in the quantities needed for transplantation into the human pancreas.
Two weeks after transplanting later: beta cells from human stem cells form islet clusters and produce insulin, healing of experimental mice
This is the result of work dvadtsatitrёhletney Harvard Professor Douglas Melton, who was looking for a cure since his son Sam was diagnosed диабет first type .
Derived from stem cells бета-клетки, producing insulin, are now being tested in animals, including primates. According to the professor, they still produce insulin several months after transplantation.
In the комментарии newspaper "Telegraph» , Chris Manson, professor Univesitetskogo College London, called the discovery may be a key medical breakthroughs, "If confirmed scalable technology and clinical trials, and the production, it will change the rules of the game in the treatment dibeta like antibiotics at the time - in the fight against bacterial infections ».
Professor at New York University Elaine Fuchs Rokfellervoskogo described it as PTFE coating "is the most important achievements in the field of stem cells to date. For decades, scientists have sought to produce pancreatic beta cells suitable for transplantation and the subsequent development of insulin. "