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Diabetes Cure News Type 1

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Diabetes Cure News!

Johnson & Johnson is joining forces with biotech company ViaCyte to speed development of the first stem cell treatment that could fix and essentially cure the life-threatening hormonal disorder type 1 diabetes.

ViaCyte has already begun testing the device in a small number of diabetic patients. If it works as well in patients as it has in animals, it would amount to a cure, ending the need for frequent insulin injections and blood sugar testing. Watch the FOX5 news report above!

Read more about stem cells technology by ViaCyte.

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