Are stem cells a cure for diabetes?

Clinical Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Mccall, Michael D ^a   Toso, Christian ^a   Baetge, Emmanuel E ^b   Shapiro, A M James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Georgia Biobusiness Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell; Pancreatic islet; Progenitor cell; Stem cell; Transplantation; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; C PEPTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; NEUROGENIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ADULT STEM CELL; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TERATOMA; TISSUE REGENERATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 70549098584     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20090072     Document Type: Review

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