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Diabetes 'cure'

Thursday 14 April 1994 23:02 BST
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Scientists in Los Angeles have developed a potential cure for diabetes involving transplanting insulin-producing cells from a dead donor. A report in the Lancet says a 38-year-old man who received the treatment no longer needs daily insulin injections.

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