A cure for diabetes that transplants cells from a damaged pancreas into the
liver is successful, producing insulin for diabetic patient in U.S., claim
Doctors.
December 15, 2009, Washington, D.C. - A revolutionary new
surgery has been performed for the first time in the United States to replace a
destroyed pancreas and successfully save a patient from a life of diabetes.
A 21 year old service member that was severely injured by gunfire in
Afghanistan was the first person in the world to receive the radical new
transplant developed at the University of Miami.
Airman Tre F. Porfirio, 21, of St. Marys, Georgia suffered from numerous
injures, including a pancreas that was damaged beyond repair. Without a
functioning pancreas, the soldier would have faced a lifetime of diabetes
treatment, due to the inability to produce insulin naturally. Surgeons at Walter
Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. worked with the University of Miami
Medical Schools Diabetes Research Institute to extract healthy cells from what
was left of his pancreas and transplant them directly into the liver. After
three weeks, Doctors report that the Airmans liver is successfully producing
insulin on its own and that he has an excellent chance for a complete
recovery.
The new procedure was originally developed in 1990 at the University of Miami
by Dr. Camillo Ricordi, who developed the method for isolating cells from the
pancreas as a last-resort for Type 1 diabetes patients who have no natural
insulin production. This is the first time that the procedure has been used on
the victim of a pancreas injury though.
This could become an unlimited cure available for everyone, Ricordi
said.
This could become an unlimited cure available for everyone, Ricordi said.
The cells are lodged in his liver now, and they will develop their own new
blood vessels there within weeks. He also noted that the procedure could lead
to more cases of transplanting cells from even a segment of a damaged pancreas.
The procedure should allow those currently without the ability to produce
insulin to live a life free of diabetes.
Dr. Ricordi performed the first clinical trials of islet-donor bone marrow
cell infusions and more recently islet-donor CD34+ cell infusions with the
objective to treat patients with Type 1 diabetes without the continuous
requirement for anti-rejection drugs. His research objective is to develop a
cure for Type 1 Diabetes.
Airman Tre F. Porfirio, first to receive surgery to
cure diabetes
Dr. Camillo Ricordi of University of Miami who
perfected procedure to cure diabetes
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