BBC NEWS | Health | Pig cells 'may reverse diabetes': "Pig cells 'may reverse diabetes'
Pigs
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.
A US team has reversed the condition in monkeys by transplanting cell clusters, known as islets, from pig pancreases, a study in Nature Medicine reports."
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