For the first time in the world, diabetes is treated with cell therapy, Chinese scientists have done wonders.

Chinese scientists have done wonders in the treatment of cancer. For the first time in the world, a patient's diabetes has been cured through cell therapy. This research was published in the journal Cell Discovery on April 30. The patient whose diabetes has been cured is 59 years old and has been living with type 2 diabetes for the last 25 years.

Diabetes cured by cell therapy in China

For the first time in the world, a patient's diabetes has been cured through cell therapy. A group of Chinese scientists and doctors have brought a ray of hope to patients suffering from diabetes. A team of doctors and researchers from Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Renji Hospital in Shanghai have achieved this success.

This research was published in the journal Cell Discovery on April 30. The age of the patient is 59 years. Who was living with type 2 diabetes for 25 years? There are many types of diabetes, of which type 2 is the most common. Affects approximately 90 percent of patients. It is largely related to diet and develops over time.

Got rid of insulin injection

The patient had a kidney transplant in 2017, but most of his pancreatic islets had stopped functioning. The function of the pancreas is to control blood glucose levels. Because of this, the patient had to depend on several insulin injections every day.

The patient underwent an innovative cell transplant in July 2021. Eleven weeks after the transplant, he did not need external insulin. To control blood glucose levels, the dose of oral medicine was gradually reduced and after a year it was completely stopped. Follow-up was taken from the patient after the transplant. It was found that the patient's pancreatic islet function was effectively restored. The patient has now been completely free from insulin for 33 months.

One step closer to a cancer cure

The team of researchers says that this study will lead to important progress in the field of cell therapy for diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way our body converts food into energy. What we eat is broken down into glucose and enters the bloodstream.

Insulin is needed to control blood sugar levels, which is the work of the pancreas. When anyone has diabetes, this system gets hijacked. Either the body is not able to make enough insulin or whatever insulin is produced is not able to be used effectively. Scientists around the world are researching islet transplantation as an option by creating islet-like cells, primarily from human stem cells. Now decades later, a group of Chinese scientists have come one step closer.