31. Type II diabetics, on the other hand, produce some insulin, though not enough. 32. When the bacteria grew, they produced human insulin, becoming factories to make a drug safe for human use. 33. Without it, the cells failed to produce enough insulin and also became insensitive to insulin, and the animals developed symptoms similar to human diabetes. 34. Other uses include cellular therapies such as transplantable cells that produce insulin for treatment of diabetes. 35. Another team claimed to have demonstrated that human embryonic stem cells can be used to produce insulin. 36. Blood tests showed the monkeys began producing insulin. 37. Diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, the hormone needed for the body to process sugar for energy. 38. His diabetes, they said, had destroyed nearly half of his pancreas, a gland behind the stomach that produces insulin. 39. Islet cells produce insulin in the pancreas gland, and insulin controls blood-sugar levels. 40. Such a process could be used in breeding cows that produce more milk, or chickens or pigs that produce human insulin. |