Items Tagged ‘beta cells’
November 12, 2020
Could regenerative medicine provide a new approach to diabetes care?
November is National Diabetes Month, a time to reflect on new ways to manage a chronic condition that affects young and old. Mayo Clinic is applying a regenerative lens to advancing diabetes care beyond routine blood checks and standard insulin therapy. Quinn Peterson, Ph.D.; Aleksey Matveyenko, Ph.D.; and Alexander Revzin, Ph.D., are collaborating on a […]
Tags: Aleksey Matveyenko, Alexander Revzin, beta cells, cell replacement therapy, insulin replacement therapy, islets, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Quinn Peterson, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
January 10, 2014
Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Lend Hope to Diabetes Treatment
From Mayo Clinic’s Discovery’s Edge magazine. Nearly everyone knows someone with diabetes — it’s hard not to. In the United States, 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 6 children have high blood sugar, according to the National Institutes of Health. After you eat, glucose is absorbed into your bloodstream and carried throughout your body. […]
Tags: beta cells, diabetes, gene therapy, Mayo Clinic, regenerative medicine, Stephen Russell, Yasuhiro Ikeda