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[–] 15 points 1 year ago

But there’s a tradeoff. The patients, however, require immune-suppressing drugs for life, so that the immune system doesn’t destroy the cells.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    The 36-year-old nurse and mother is part of a small, but what some call “milestone study,” of patients with Type 1 Diabetes using manufactured stem cells, designed to grow in the liver and become the full array of pancreatic islet cells that naturally control blood sugar levels.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But the cells come from unborn children so this is satanic. /s

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It ain't news until you don't need to be immunosuppressed.

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