Can You Cure Diabetes Type 1 from Stem Cells?

Can type 1 diabetes cure from stem cells ?.... seems that in the future if the new findings indicate that the cells of another organism can become pancreatic cells responsible for producing insulin in the body. Read about this interesting discovery that may change the future treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Let's review: When you have type 1 diabetes, your body attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Insulin is the substance that allows glucose, or sugar (which provides energy) to every cell in your body. In the absence of cells producing insulin, your body can not produce glucose reaches its destination, and accumulates in the blood, causing blood sugar levels to rise dangerously.

At first glance, the picture is rather disappointing. Because when we say that the cells are destroyed, is like saying there's no turning back. But what if I told you that your body can replace or pancreatic beta cells from other cells? In short words, we would be talking about his body would be able to cure type 1 diabetes.
How can the body be a cure for type 1 diabetes? It seems that the stem cells that give rise to sperm in men, can become pancreatic cells. A team of scientists from Georgetown University in Washington, made this discovery fascinating.

The researchers conducted a laboratory of sperm stem cells (spermatogonia) and cultured with compounds for these cells begin to behave like beta cells or pancreatic cells that produce insulin. Experiment with mice with diabetes: incredibly, by transplanting the cells obtained in the laboratory, which acted as beta cells and began to produce insulin in mice.

If this continues to be effective in other studies and experiments, would be great news for people with type 1 diabetes. People with this type of diabetes now have two treatment options: to take insulin for life, or in some cases, receive stem cell transplants from cadaver donors beta (ie, dead), which has its drawbacks: there are fewer available donors and transplant success depends on compatibility.

However, if, from spermatogonial cells are able to create beta cells, not only men with type 1 diabetes would benefit. Scientists say the next step is to investigate the performance of equivalent stem cells (oocytes) in the female body.

This will take a while, but it's great news to start 2011 with the hope of curing type 1 diabetes.

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