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Kidney Transplant Stem Cell Trial: What the Results Show

Key Takeaways A phase 3 trial led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison kept 15 of 20 treated recipients off anti-rejection drugs for over two years. The therapy uses blood-forming stem cells from the same sibling who donates the kidney. None of the 20 treated recipients developed graft-versus-host disease. Only closely

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Stem-Cell-Derived Islets for Type 2 Diabetes: What Happened?

Key Takeaways Doctors in Shanghai transplanted stem cell derived islet tissue into a man with type 2 diabetes in 2019. The patient stopped using insulin injections within eleven weeks and stayed insulin-free for years afterward. A separate 2026 study used the same method in three patients with type 1 diabetes,

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