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Posted by Al Gordon on 19:09:33 2004/02/25
In Reply to: Embryonic pig cell transplants halt rat diabetes posted by James
'First, there aren't nearly enough human pancreas organs to go around,' Hammerman says. 'Since pig insulin works fine in humans, if pigs could be used as donors the shortage would be alleviated.'
Finally, a clear statement of the obvious! Now maybe we'll get somewhere.
If these rat results can be replicated in primates, this is a line of research that is very promising.
Let's keep an eye on this guy!
Al
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