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Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement

By Vinny Negi, Research Scientist in Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh

Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a way to get around donor shortages and transplant complications.

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