Injection-free diabetes care

[skb]

A University of Alberta team has developed a new step to improve the process for creating insulin-producing pancreatic cells from a patient's own stem cells, bringing the prospect of injection-free treatment closer for people with diabetes.

The researchers take stem cells from a single patient's blood and chemically wind them back in time, then forward again in a process called "directed differentiation," to eventually become insulin-producing cells.

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[bigskygal]

Will read this afternoon. The synopsis sounds almost like science fiction "wind them back in time and then forward again...". Wow!