Scientists make insulin-producing cells through cloning

Scientists said they used cloning technology to make embryonic stem cells that produce insulin and could potentially treat diabetes. Dieter Egli of the New York Stem Cell Foundation said the team transplanted a nuclei of cells taken from a diabetic woman to create stem cells. Egli said the research showed they are now “one step closer to being able to treat diabetic patients with their own insulin-producing cells.” It is not the the first study to create stem cells in this way, but it was the first to use cells sourced from a diseased adult person to produce therapy-specific cells. The creation of embyonic stem cells has been controversial, as until fairly recently stem cells could only be obtained from human embryos.

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