Umbilical cord blood a valuable source of cures

HUMAN tissue producing insulin has been created from cord blood stem cells obtained from umbilical cords of newborn children.

This particular type of tissue is destroyed in type one diabetes and its production from cord blood stem cells is a step closer to finding a cure for diabetes.

This transatlantic collaboration was headed on the European side by Irish researcher Professor Colin McGuckin, at the Newcastle centre for cord blood, working with a team from the Stark Diabetes Center, University of Texas.