A team of researchers have discovered a potential game changer in the fight against Type One Diabetes. A common cancer drug has been demonstrated to restore function in insulin creating cells.
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00:00 Today, it's estimated that more than 8.7 million people worldwide live with type 1
00:09 diabetes, and the number is expected to grow to more than 17 million by 2040.
00:15 What we've shown is a restoration of insulin expression and synthesis in pancreatic stem
00:24 cells from type 1 diabetic donors using FDA approved drugs used in human clinical trials
00:33 for other conditions.
00:35 The breakthrough research harnesses the patient's remaining pancreatic cells to increase the
00:42 production by influencing beta cells to modify the course of diabetes and potentially eliminate
00:52 the need for round-the-clock insulin injections in some people living with type 1 diabetes.
01:00 These regenerative advancements distinguish our research program at Baker Heart and Diabetes
01:06 Institute from the current state-of-the-art methodologies because we can rapidly influence
01:15 and restore insulin.
01:17 So what is next?
01:21 What we're trying to do is maintain our research trajectory to find a cure for type 1.
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