Transplanting Islets for Diabetes :The Scientist [2006-05-01]


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	BY A.M. JAMES SHAPIRO

Transplanting Islets for Diabetes Diabetes prevalence has increased from a world estimate of 30 million in 1985 to 180 million currently, and is predicted to rise to 366 million by the year 2025. In developing countries such as China, the number of diagnosed cases is increasing at a frightening rate of 3,000 per day. Upwards of one in 400 children becomes reliant on injected insulin due to type 1 diabetes (T1DM), and even this