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Home / Health News / New technique may make transplants work for diabetics!

New technique may make transplants work for diabetics!

Washington, June 14 (ANI):

By: ANI   | | Updated: June 15, 2013 9:20 am
Tags: Beta cells  Insulin  Transplants  
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Washington, June 14 (ANI): Also Read - Researchers develop insulin-producing cells for diabetes

While transplantation of islet cells from the pancreas to produce insulin may seem a very logical and straight forward solution for diabetics, in reality it isn’t. It is limited by a dearth of insulin-producing beta cells that can be removed from donors after death, and by the stubborn refusal of human beta cells to proliferate in the laboratory after harvesting.  Also Read - Scientists remove need for anti-rejection drugs in transplant recipients



 Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to make insulin-producing human cells multiply in the laboratory, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1diabetes. Also Read - Eating high-calorie food in stress can lead to significant weight gain: Study

The new technique uses a cell conditioning solution originally developed to trigger reproduction of cells from the lining of the intestine.

“Until now, there didn’t seem to be a way to reliably make the limited supply of human beta cells proliferate in the laboratory and remain functional. We have not only found a technique to make the cells willing to multiply, we’ve done it in a way that preserves their ability to make insulin,” said Michael McDaniel, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology.

Lead author Haytham Aly, PhD, a postdoctoral research scholar, reported on his work with beta cells and was approached by Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology, who studies autoimmune problems in the gut.

Stappenbeck had developed a medium that causes cells from the intestine’s lining to proliferate in test tubes.

The ability to produce large quantities of human beta cells in the laboratory gives the researchers hope that they could one day be transplanted into patients with type 1 diabetes.

If the new availability of laboratory-grown beta cells makes it possible to treat patients with transplants from one donor instead of multiple donors, Stappenbeck noted, that might reduce the risk of immune system rejection of the transplants.

Published : June 15, 2013 9:19 am | Updated:June 15, 2013 9:20 am
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