Breakthrough diabetes research may be closest thing to a cure [VIDEO]
By Molly Livingstone
December 12, 2008
Diabetes researcher Dr. Eli Lewis of Ben Gurion University of the Negev: The findings, even if they don't hold the cure themselves, open up new aspects of diabetes research.
The World Health Organization estimates that over 180 million people worldwide have diabetes and predicts that will more than double by 2030. But a new Israeli breakthrough could save your life or the life of someone you love.
Dr. Eli Lewis and researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel, in collaboration with, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and the University of Colorado, have discovered a novel method for transplanting healthy insulin producing cells into the diabetic pancreas.
