Israeli Company At The Edge Of Curing Diabetes

By i24
Posted on 11/27/22 | News Source: i24

'What we are talking about now is an artificial pancreas made of real human cells'

The world's largest diabetes awareness campaign has put the disease into focus again.

In the central Israeli town of Ness Ziona, a breakthrough diabetes treatment — although still in its pre-clinical phase — looks promising.

"What we are talking about now is an artificial pancreas made of real human cells," says Prof. Ariel Revel, medical director at Kadimastem.

The professor says he is working on a cure, not a treatment, using human cells that act exactly like the original human pancreas. It is sitting in the pre-clinical phase as it awaits an investigation of a new drug application.

"We are able in our new company to produce those cells which originated from stem cells and stem cells are derived from human embryos and can be taken to any cell in the body," Revel says.