Scientists reprogrammed a woman's fat cells to become insulin-making beta cells, reversing her type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune condition whereby the patient’s own immune system attacks the pancreatic islets, destroying them in the process. Since these islets are responsible for ...

Most people with type 1 diabetes cannot reverse their autoimmune disease ... If this one patient can keep producing insulin ...

The study marks a major milestone in the quest to cure type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects millions of people around the world. For decades, the idea of reversing type 1 diabetes seemed like a ...

Puzzle Piece Two: What is the Natural History of Type 1 Diabetes? The next corner piece of the puzzle that has not been gathered to impart our ability to prevent or reverse type 1 diabetes is that ...

Scientists in China have managed to reverse type 1 diabetes in a woman patient by reprogramming the fat cells to turn them into insulin-making pancreatic cells for the first time ever, according ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a world-first by successfully treating a 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes using a stem ...

In a world first, scientists have successfully used stem cell therapy to reverse type 1 diabetes in a woman. This achievement is being hailed as a major medical breakthrough, as it offers a ...

Over a year, the procedure “restored glycemic control” in the patient, functionally reversing her type-1 diabetes, they said, adding that there was “no indication of transplant-related ...