{"id":12820,"date":"2010-12-17T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2015-12-30T03:10:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T08:10:50","slug":"russia-first-country-to-approve-porcine-islet-cell-transplants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=12820","title":{"rendered":"Russia First Country to Approve Porcine Islet Cell Transplants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/living_cell_technologies_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12824 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"living_cell_technologies_Logo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/living_cell_technologies_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Living Cell Technologies announced that its Russian subsidiary, LCT Biomedical Limited, has received registration of the company\u2019s groundbreaking diabetes treatment, DIABECELL, as a marketable medical technology in Russia. Registration allows for the sale and use of the DIABECELL technology in the treatment of type 1 diabetes in Russia.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The type 1 diabetes treatment involves <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/jessica-apple\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/the-beast-within-experimental-diabetes-treatment-infuses-pig-cells-into-humans\/3276\/\">inserting insulin-producing pig cells<\/a> (islet cells) into the pancreas to replace the patient&#8217;s own cells. The cells are implanted into the abdomen of patients using a simple laparoscopic procedure, and work by self-regulating and efficiently secreting insulin in the patient\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The registration was granted following clinical trials conducted in Russia with patients suffering from insulin dependent type 1 diabetes. The trials demonstrated that treatment safely reduces a patient\u2019s need for insulin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lctglobal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lctglobal.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living Cell Technologies announced that its Russian subsidiary, LCT Biomedical Limited, has received registration of the company\u2019s groundbreaking diabetes treatment, DIABECELL, as a marketable medical technology in Russia. 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