It could become possible to treat type 1 diabetes in men, as US
scientists say that by using stem cells from the testicle of men
a treatment could be developed that by replacing damaged
insulin-secreting beta islet cells would rectify the condition.
As per Associate Professor Ian Gallicano from Georgetown
University in Washington DC and study's lead investigator, the
results are based on spermatagonial stem cells (SSCs), which
they took from the testes of demised human organ donors. The
cells were then used on diabetic mice. The researchers say that
the cells work in two-step process. In the first step, the SSCs
are de-differentiated so than they could be converted into
embryonic-like stem cells. After two weeks of this step, the
cells are provided specific nutrients so that they could grow
into beta islet-like cells and the step takes three weeks. After
following these two steps, there was seen decline in the blood
sugar levels in three mice for up to a week "One reason that the
mouse work hasn't translated