{"id":10496,"date":"2021-01-20T10:26:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T15:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=10496"},"modified":"2021-01-20T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T15:27:44","slug":"towards-a-cure-carletons-jenny-bruin-apart-of-research-team-working-on-stem-cell-therapy-to-reverse-type-1-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2021\/towards-a-cure-carletons-jenny-bruin-apart-of-research-team-working-on-stem-cell-therapy-to-reverse-type-1-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a Cure: Carleton Research Team Working on Stem Cell Therapy to Reverse Type 1 Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/jenny-bruin\/\">Jenny Bruin<\/a>\u00a0is part of a team of researchers that has been awarded a 5-year, $3 million grant from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cihr-irsc.gc.ca\/e\/193.html\">Canadian Institutes of Health Research<\/a>\u00a0(CIHR) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdrf.ca\/\">JDRF Canada<\/a>\u00a0to develop a novel therapy that transplants insulin-secreting cells derived from stem cells into patients with Type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to replace them with beta cells derived from pluripotent stem cells. Right now, we can take stem cells part way down the path to becoming beta cells\u00a0<em>in vitro<\/em>. When we transplant these cells into mice, the final stages of maturation occur in the mouse over a period of several months. 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