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Article: Doctors try breakthrough surgery for diabetes Bone marrow cells help fight rejection
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 7, 1998
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A Michigan woman has become the first to receive a transplant of
insulin-producing cells and bone marrow cells from a deceased,
unrelated donor in a unique attempt to cure her diabetes.
The unprecedented strategy also involved the use, temporarily, of
a relatively new anti-rejection drug. The overall aim was for the
insulin-producing cells, called islets, to function normally,
permitting the patient to live without being subjected to lifelong
use of potentially toxic anti-rejection drugs.
The case has been kept under wraps since it was undertaken in
September at the University of Miami's Diabetes Research Institute,
which is expected to make a public announcement of the procedure
soon.
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