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For diabetes sufferers, the pain and inconvenience of regular insulin shots and blood sugar measurements may soon be a thing of the past.聽Norwegian researchers are one step closer to curing聽diabetes by making insulin-producing cells from skin cells.

Researchers at the have used stem cell techniques to transform skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin-producing cells. The researchers鈥� aim is to transplant these cells under the skin of people with diabetes.

鈥漈his study is a step towards discovering how 鈥榮tand-in鈥� cells can secrete insulin in the body,鈥� said Professor Helge R忙der, leader of the stem cell node at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Diabetes Research, University of Bergen.

In the long run, the researchers鈥� goal is to replace insulin shots and blood sugar measurements with insulin-secreting cells capable of automatically secreting insulin in response to the blood sugar level. This can become possible by implanting a capsule with tailor-made cells in each diabetes patient.

鈥漁ur study is a step further in the spare part or regenerative medicine, where a lot may go wrong but where a successful approach may cure diabetes,鈥� R忙der said.

Today, there is an ongoing race between scientists trying to restore insulin secretion within the human body in diabetes patients by artificially created insulin-producing cells.

鈥淭here is a big market聽out there for those who can commercialise successful treatment with this approach. Today 400 million people have diabetes worldwide,鈥� Professor Helge R忙der said.

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