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A woman with Type 1 diabetes who was treated with her own stem cells subsequently started producing insulin on her own, making her the first person with this type of diabetes to reverse her condition using this new treatment., showing that there could be a not-so-distant future in which diabetics no longer need to rely on insulin to survive.
In less than three months, the woman didn't need insulin injections anymore because her body was producing the much-needed hormone on its own. A year after the transplant, the researchers say, it's as if she was never diabetic, with her blood glucose level remaining normal with no need for insulin shots.
Because of the treatment, he stopped taking insulin and doesn't need immunosuppressive drugs for the islet transplant.
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