Cells from his damaged pancreas produce insulin in liver
(NEWSER) - University of Miami doctors spared wounded airman Tre Porfirio a lifetime of severe diabetes with a first-of-its-kind emergency cell transplant from his own bullet-riddled kidney. Porfirio had been shot in the back in Afghanistan, forcing Walter Reed’s doctors to remove much of his stomach and intestines. They had planned to rebuild his abdominal structure, until they realized that his pancreas was completely ruined, and without it he’d face crippling, life-threatening diabetes, reports the Miami Herald . More»
