NEW HOPE TO OVERCOME DIABETES
The
hospital Carlos
Haya from Málaga has managed to carry out the first transplant
nodules of de pancreas in España. From 1921, when Benting and Best discovered insulin, diabetes has been controlled injecting this hormone. Although animal insulin was used initially, glucose has been regulated with exogenous synthesized insulin for a long time. Endocrines try to overcome the injection of insulin by means of |
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transplanting
Langerhans nodules, particularly beta cells, which generate the hormone.
Though this research way was started during the 80s, it did not advance
significantly until the “Edmonton protocol” was applied in
2000, which improves the system to extract original nodules and the immunosuppressive
process following the transplant.
Though it is still technique in it clinical-test stage, more than 50% of the treated patients enjoy long periods of metabolic normality, completely free of exogenous insulin.
Though it is still technique in it clinical-test stage, more than 50% of the treated patients enjoy long periods of metabolic normality, completely free of exogenous insulin.