Diabetes and Endocrinology

Stem Cell treatment in Diabetes

Patients with diabetes mellitus have a great deal to gain from stem cell treatments. The phases of development and transcription factors involved in this process have been identified through research on the capacity of human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into islet cells. However, ethical questions and the potential for teratoma formation restrict the clinical applications of human embryonic stem cells. Alternative stem cell treatments, such as induced pluripotent stem cells, umbilical cord stem cells, and mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow, have consequently attracted a great deal of research. Recent developments in stem cell therapy could make this a viable diabetes remedy in the near future.