Question: is there a way of stamping out diabeties completely?

Sharon Sneddon answered on 16 Jun 2010:

At the moment, doctors can only treat the symptoms of diabetes, with careful diet and sometimes insulin injections. With my research, the hope is that we can turn stem cells into cells that produce insulin, and these could be transplanted into the pancreas (the organ where insulin is produced) and replace the cells that don’t work properly. This would cure diabetes, as patients would not have to have injections anymore. Hopefully this will come about in 5-10 years, which seems a while away, but scientists also need to make sure that the cells will be safe.