Woman Not Diabetic After Cell Transplant
Woman Not Diabetic After Cell Transplant (2015-9-13) By VOA 12 September, 2015 A diabetic woman no longer needs to take daily medicine after she received a stem cell transplant. 一名患有糖尿病的女性在她接受了幹細胞移植後,不再需要天天吃藥。 The daily insulin injection had helped control the amount of sugar -- or glucose -- in her blood. Wendy Peacock was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 17, according to the Miami Herald newpaper. 每日的胰島素注射已經控制住血液裡的糖量或葡萄糖。根據邁阿密先驅報,Wendy Peacock 在她十七歲時,是第一個被診斷出患有第一期糖尿病的患者。 Ms. Peacock, who is now 43, received the stem cells in mid-August in a " minimally invasive procedure " at the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine in Florida. Doctors called the operation simple and said Ms. Peacock recovered quickly. Peacock現在已經43歲,於八月中在佛羅里達的邁阿密米勒大學醫學院接受微創手術,醫生操作手術簡單而且說Peacok恢復的很快速。 After the operation, her body started producing insulin naturally. 手術過後,她的身體開始自然產生胰島素。 Ms. Peacock "is now completely off insulin," one of her doctors said. 其中一位她的醫生表示:Peacock...