Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Novocell - stem cells control diabetes in mice

I see this news is being reported in several places. It's interesting because there's been so much talk about using stem cells to treat diabetes. Now Novocell says that they were able to use human stem cells to control diabetes in mice.

Picture of a mouse balancing on the hand of a scientist

Picture of a mouse balancing on the hand of a scientist

Now before you say anything, I do know that things which work for mice don't always work for humans(PDF). But unfortunately most of this research does use NOD (Non obese diabetic) mice, so we're stuck with that for the present.

This approach is not yet perfect because some of the mice developed tumors. I'm guessing that we won't see anything come out of these labs for several years.

Labels: cure, diabetes, novocell, research, stemcells

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