Tag: Type 1

  • Health

    Steering stem cell trafficking into pancreas reverses Type 1 diabetes

    Harvard researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have uncovered a way to enhance and prolong the therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells in a preclinical model of Type 1 diabetes.

    2 minutes
  • Health

    Reprogramming cells, long term

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have demonstrated that adult cells, reprogrammed into another cell type in a living animal, can remain functional over a long period. The work is an important advance in the effort to develop cell-based therapies for tissue repair, and specifically in the effort to develop improved treatment for diabetes.

    5 minutes