This article is explaining how cells are now being offered to help people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes can not produce insulin and now doctors are finding out new ways to fix it! Islet cells contain beta cells that produce insulin, as well as alpha cells that produce a hormone called glucagon. Both are used to regulate the body's glucose, or sugar level. Patients can now undergo a surgery to fix it. Researchers have been trying to improve the survival rate of the cells during transplantation. Most patients who undergo the process are now in need of two infusions or islet cells to maintain normal glucose levels long - term. this procedure has been performed in other countries this far, and are showing that patients will stop using insulin and their bodies will begin to start producing it all on their own in five to ten years.Summary by:
Cassidy Greenberg
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/health/islet-cell-transplantation-diabetes/index.html?hpt=he_t2
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