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Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes

Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and Janssen Research & Development LLC have shown for the first time that Type 2 diabetes can be effectively treated with a combination of specially-cultured stem cells and conventional diabetes drugs.

Mar 19, 2015

Diabetes researchers find faster way to create insulin-producing cells

Diabetes researchers find faster way to create insulin-producing cells

UBC, in collaboration with BetaLogics Venture, a division of Janssen Research & Development, LLC, has published a study highlighting a protocol to convert stem cells into insulin-producing cells.

Sep 11, 2014

A stem cell solution to diabetes in 10 years

The discovery of new sources of stem cells may herald the end of insulin injections.

Dec 18, 2012 - by Tim Kieffer, Head, Diabetes Research Group

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