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Cure for Diabetes Approaches Reality - they've managed to eliminate the disease in rats using transplanted pig cells

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:16 AM EDT
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In the medical world, pigs have provided a host of opportunities for humans, from heart transplant material to cancer therapies.

Now pigs have come to the rescue once again -- this time for diabetes.

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Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis say they've managed to eliminate the disease in rats using transplanted pig cells -- and here's the kicker -- without the need for anti-rejection drugs.

    Reply#1 - Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:18 AM EDT
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