{"id":3964,"date":"2021-02-10T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2024-06-26T06:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T06:28:44","slug":"stem-cell-therapy-for-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/stem-cell-therapy-for-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stem cell therapy for Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"R3 Stem Cell Type 2 Diabetes Success Story +1 (844) GET-STEM\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bl_R4b9KcFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stem cells are an important treatment option to treat Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, and to wean the patient off insulin injections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stem cells\u2019 unique ability to differentiate or turn into different types of cells makes them the best option to treat diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diabetes is usually caused by a lack of functioning beta cells or b-cells in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Type 1 Diabetes, the body&#8217;s immune system attacks its own supply of b-cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Type 2 Diabetes, the b-cells do not produce sufficient levels of insulin to overcome insulin resistance.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Stem cell help Diabetes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research shows that stem cells can help to achieve a high number of new b-cells without the risks or complications of a transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once stem cells are introduced into a patient, they migrate to the damaged tissue, differentiate into new b-cells, and self-replicate to maintain a healthy level of b-cells in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stem cells can also be induced into becoming insulin-producing cells in the lab. These matured cells could then directly replenish lost or damaged cells in the body. Using these methods, Type 1 diabetes can be successfully treated, without the need for insulin or donor cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a similar manner, stem cells can be used to treat Type 2 Diabetes. While b-cells are still present in Type 2 patients, new b-cells can supplement the body&#8217;s supply to overcome the insulin resistance. Stem cells can continuously maintain b-cells levels above the required amount to manage the insulin resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stem cells are an important treatment option to treat Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, and to wean the patient off insulin injections. Stem cells\u2019 unique ability to differentiate or turn into different types of cells makes them the best option to treat diabetes. Diabetes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4285,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/r3stemcell.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}