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Air Date: Thursday, November 13, 2003

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Diabetes Discovery

A cure for type-1 diabetes could soon be on the way. MGH researchers think they've tapped into a source that could regenerate insulin cells. That source -- The Spleen. The discovery comes after observing that diabetic mice did quite well making normal insulin-producing cells after receiving an injection of donor spleen cells.