{"658875":{"#nid":"658875","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Harvard Scientists Have Developed a Revolutionary New Treatment for Diabetes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA group of researchers from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-missouri\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Missouri\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/georgia-institute-of-technology\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/harvard-university\/\u0022\u003EHarvard University\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has proved the successful use of a novel Type 1 diabetes treatment in a large animal model in a new study published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.abm9881\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E Their method includes transferring insulin-producing pancreas cells, known as pancreatic islets, from a donor to a recipient without the need for long-term immunosuppressive medicines. The Georgia Tech team includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/garcia\u0022\u003EAndres Garcia\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\u0022\u003EParker H.\u0026nbsp;Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB)\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mariacoronel.com\/biography\u0022\u003EMar\u0026iacute;a M. Coronel\u003C\/a\u003E, IBB postdoctoral fellow; and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=3060ZjMAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003EMichael Hunckler,\u003C\/a\u003E bioengineering Ph.D. candidate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-14 19:14:22","changed_gmt":"2022-06-14 19:14:22","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/harvard-scientists-have-developed-a-revolutionary-new-treatment-for-diabetes\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"190781","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences"},{"id":"539","name":"Andres Garcia"},{"id":"190782","name":"Mar\u00eda M. Coronel"},{"id":"190783","name":"Michael Hunckler"},{"id":"49591","name":"Diabetes"},{"id":"190784","name":"Type I diabetes"},{"id":"185730","name":"pancreatic islets"},{"id":"3344","name":"insulin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}