Pig cells for diabetes patients. A research is underway to find a cure to type one diabetes patients by using pig cells.
A news report says that a procedure developed by Kiwis is being tested on eight patients. The procedure called xenotransplantation, which had been banned by the New Zealand government for over a decade has now once again been given the green light.
Xenotransplantation is a process by which a small incision is made in the abdomen and over one million pig islet cells, each the size of a pinhead, are inserted into the cavity surrounding the liver. Those cells will take several weeks to form a blood supply and hopefully start producing insulin for the patient, the medical experts feel.
His is not the first time that such a trial was being conducted in New Zealand as some patients were injected with pig cells about 14 years ago. However, those trials were halted over concerns that a pig retro-virus may one day emerge.
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