Scientists have found a way to produce large amounts of a type of pancreas cell that doctors have already successfully transplanted into people with type 1 diabetes. The cells, collected from donors, have been in such short supply (SN: 6/19/04, p. 398: Available to subscribers at Cell transplants stop diabetes in some patients) that only 1 percent of people in need have received transplants.
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