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A very interesting trail study has been preformed in Moscow, Russia on four people with type 1 diabetes. They injected pig pancreatic cells into the abdomen of the four patients. The cells were covered in an alginate gel coating. This allowed nutrients to reach the cells and insulin to diffuse out, but this process hide the pig cells from the body’s immune system.

There was quite a big controversy because of the fear that dormant pig viruses in the cells could cause disease. Although, researchers said that no pig viruses have been found in the patients six months later.

Of the four people, one lady was able to suspend insulin injections for five months and when she resumed insulin her doses were less than 20 percent of what she had been taking before. Another man was able to reduce his doses of insulin by 40 percent. However, one of the four patients treatment failed. The fourth patient just received the treatment on March 31.

This study will be worth following for the next couple of years!