Maternal Stem Cells May Cure Child's Diabetes
Filed in archive Research by Rhys on January 24, 2007

The newest find is quite fascinating: that a mother's own stem cells may be able to cure her child's diabetes.
From Live Science :
Cells passed from a mother to child during pregnancy can grow into functioning pancreatic cells that produce insulin in the child, U.S. scientists
report.The scientists also found that children and young adults with type 1 diabetes had higher levels of maternal DNA in their blood than siblings or unrelated people without diabetes. This suggests an attempt to repair damaged tissue.
The findings suggest that it may be possible to harvest a mother's stem cells in order to treat her diabetic child.
I'm definitely looking forward to hearing more about this development.
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