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Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice

More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers explore curing diabetes with animal transplants

The descendents of Abraham are ready. They were born inside a cinderblock bubble in an anonymous building surrounded by fields in western Wisconsin.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1