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Stem cell treatment may prevent amputations in diabetes
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One of the most dangerous complications of diabetes is a foot ulcer that won t heal, but now a preliminary study finds that a type of stem cell found in body fat may be a powerful remedy for these severe foot wounds.
The study included 63 patients with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers who were given injections of cells from their own body fat. Over the next year, the treatment healed the ulcers in most patients.
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Researchers said the study conducted in Nicaragua lays the groundwork for a similar trial in the United States, to replicate the findings.
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