This is a good thing. It's nice to have some positive news.
Six centres are receiving nearly £10m of government funding to offer transplants of insulin-producing cells People with type 1 diabetes do not produce enough insulin The procedure involves obtaining cells - known as islet cells - from the pancreas of a dead donor and injecting them into the patient's live Once there, the cells get to work producing insulin. 12 patients have undergone the therapy patients need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their lives and it is likely re-transplants will be likely in the future Extreme cases will mean in time the 2,000 patients at risk of hypoglycaemia will be able to get the treatment if needed The only alternative at the moment is to have a complete pancreatic transplant, but that is only ever done in the most extreme cases The decision to fund this programme will be life-changing for some people |
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