Regenerative Medicine Insights

Cell-based therapies including pluripotent and multipotent adult stem cells show proven repair and regeneration potential and are being considered as a remedy for diabetic complications, which are the most prominent reason for high mortality among diabetic patients. They may also provide a long-term cure for diabetes and its complications.

No alternative intervention strategies match, or even get close to, the clinical outcome achieved in a considerable number of patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation. We propose that this patient group should be identified, diligently informed and offered the possible benefits of an extended period of insulin-free and burden-free survival,