Second, the researchers observed that the stem
cell injection coaxed the body into producing more of its own cells in the eye, which multiplied the therapeutic effect.
Diabetes researchers are considering various replacements for insulin
injections: Transplanting new pancreatic islet
cells that make insulin,
coaxing the patient's own islets to regenerate, or treating diabetics early in the disease with immune - suppressing therapies to prevent their body from destroying the rest of their pancreatic islets.