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Article: Bone marrow cells can heal nerves in diabetes model.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- February 16, 2009
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Transplanting cells that replenish blood vessels can also restore nerve function in an animal model of diabetic neuropathy, Emory researchers have found (see also Emory University).
The results are described online this week in the journal Circulation.
The majority of people with diabetes have some form of neuropathy--damage to the peripheral nerves that can cause a loss of sensation in hands, arms, feet or legs. The damage, caused by high blood sugar, occurs gradually and in advanced cases can lead to amputation. Scientists have connected the damage to problems with peripheral nerves' blood supply.
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