The next disease that I think stem cells have potential in is Diabetes. Now it is only going to work in Type 1 diabetics where the function of the islet cells has ceased in the production of insulin. Not the same as in type 2 diabetes.
Scientists have been able to coax human stem cells into producing insulin in diabetic mice. I think it is just a matter of time before they can do this in humans.
The matter of type 2 diabetes is not that the islet cells are not producing insulin, but rather they are shooting out lots of insulin. There is a problem at the cell receptor site with the insulin attaching there - we call it insulin resistance.
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