Diabetes Patients Live Insulin Free After Islet Transplants
Updated: Friday, 12 Nov 2010, 11:00 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Nov 2010, 11:24 AM EST
While there is no cure for type one diabetes, some patients are now living insulin free thanks to islet transplants.
Dr. Bernhard Hering, scientific director of the Schulze Diabetes Institute and Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, and Kathy White, who is an islet cell recipient, joined us with more.
Online:
http://www.diabetes.umn.edu/about/home.html
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
www.diabeteswellness.net
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