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Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first

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Patient is the first person with type 1 diabetes to receive this kind of transplant.

Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Access through your institution Buy or subscribe A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells 1 . She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body. Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 52 p

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