How Can A Diabetic Get Stem Cell Therapy?
Curing Type 1 diabetes has been a primary goal for stem-cell research since the mid 1990s, but experts say scientists are still years away from success. In this article from the Los Angeles Times, a journalist talks to researchers about the simplicity of the concept, and why getting cells to become insulin-producers is so difficult in reality.
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