In a patient with Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not make insulin because their immune system attacks the islet cells, the cells that make insulin. CHLA researchers are working on ways to replace those cells.
With COVID-19 cases on the rise again, a Hawthorne girl's story reminds us of the ongoing consequences of this virus.Researchers at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles are investigating new ways to reverse the long term effects.
"While she was in the hospital, they discovered that her sugar levels were totally high," said Xitlali's mother Rosa Vasquez.scientists were among the first in the nation to report a sharp spike in the number of COVID positive children who had insulin-producing cells that abruptly stop working. Georgia and her colleagues are also investigating whether they can create a treatment using pluripotent stem cells.
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