Stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes ‘could eliminate need for insulin’

New therapy could help people with the condition to regulate blood sugar levels, reports Emily Atkinson

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A replacement pancreas could help people with type 1 diabetes regulate their blood sugar levels and eradicate the need to inject themselves with insulin, a study has found.

The condition causes the pancreas to progressively reduce the amount of insulin it produces, until it stops making any at all.

But scientists now say a stem cell therapy called PEC-Direct could give them a new pancreas.