http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4725082.stm
Pig cells 'may reverse diabetes'
Pig body parts are already used in treating many human conditions.
Transplants of insulin-producing cells from pigs could provide
a diabetes cure within a decade, scientists say.
UK teams have cured type 1 diabetes by transplanting human
pancreas cells - but donated organs are in short supply,
hence the interest in the pig solution.
The University of Minnesota hopes to start trials in humans by 2009......
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