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First Successful Cell Transplant Cures Diabetes

Posted by timothy on from the place-your-nobel-prize-bets dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "A few months ago the 50th anniversary of the first organ transplant was celebrated. Over those 50 years surgeons have learned how to sucessfully transplant many organs and other body parts. Now it seems that Japanese surgeons have added yet another successful transplant to the list, having recently transplanted insulin-generating cells, known as Islets of Langerhans from a mother to her diabetic daughter. Three months after the surgery both mother and daughter appear to be completely healthy. Although the daughter no longer needs insulin she still needs to take powerful drugs to keep her immune system from rejecting the new cells. Researchers also still don't know if this procedure would work in many people with type 1 diabetes since in many of those cases their own immune system has destroyed their Islet cells."

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  1. Japanese to cure diabetes by Nadsat · · Score: 3, Funny

    What will China say about that?

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    The Custom Mary
    1. Re:Japanese to cure diabetes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      In technologic Japan, Cell kills you!

    2. Re:Japanese to cure diabetes by strider44 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Probably (arigatoo gozaimasu).

      I'd be the same. If, say, a group of scientists from New Zealand cured a life-dehabilitating desease I had then I'd quite graciously say "Thanks, Mate. May all your girlfriends bear fine wool".

      (ahem, sorry for any easily offended new zealanders out there)

    3. Re:Japanese to cure diabetes by Yorrike · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sweet as, mate. If a bunch of your scientists made a cure for something I would thank them too. Though I doubt that'd happen, since you Aussies are busy feeding babies to dingos, right? : ) (Seriously, though, as long as there's no sport involved, you blokes across the ditch are bloody great)

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      Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?

    4. Re:Japanese to cure diabetes by minotaurcomputing · · Score: 2, Funny

      Domo arigatto Mr. Transplanto?

      -m

  2. Re:Why? by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Funny

    What you should be asking yourself is "why did I post such a blatant invitation for trolls to come up with all kinds of snotty answers?"

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  3. So... the problem is your immunity system? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But we already know a solution to that!
    Get the cells transplanted. Contract AIDS, which will neutralize your immunity system, there, no more diabetes.