Young woman in China cured of type 1 diabetes with stem cell transplant

A door of hope is opening for diabetic patients. A young woman who suffered from type 1 managed to produce insulin on her own after transplantation of stem cells from one’s own body. This milestone was achieved in China and represents a big step forward in the fight against diabetes, a disease that affects almost 800 thousand Andalusians in various forms.

Type 1 diabetes includes immune system attack on insulin-producing cells. This is a disease that in Andalusia It affects almost 30,000 adults and more than 3,000 children and adolescents.as explained by the director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Plan of Andalusia, Maria Asunción Martínez.

The door of hope for these patients was opened with young woman 25 years old who became the first person with type 1 diabetes after an injection into his stomach. reprogrammed stem cells managed to produce insulin independently in less than three months.

This is a major milestone achieved in China through an intervention that lasted only half an hour. and the patient has gone a year without being dependent on external insulin, and the dangerous glucose spikes that may result are controlled. And type 1 diabetes is a very serious disease that requires strict control through devices, diet and exercise.