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- A woman has undergone a stem-cell therapy made from her own cells, to treat her type 1 diabetes.
- Researchers in China discovered the woman did not need to use insulin 75 days after the procedure, and that the stem-cell derived islet cells she was injected with had been engrafted inside her abdomen.
- More people have been enrolled in this trial and other stem-cell therapy trials at several sites around the world.
A woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than 3 months after receiving an injection of a stem-cell derived treatment. She remained free from insulin injections 1 year after treatment.
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