Re-Growing Beta Cells, Potential Type I Diabetes Treatment

Guest: Jeffery Tessem, PhD, Professor of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science, Head of the Tessem Diabetes Research Lab, Brigham Young University One in ten Americans have diabetes and most of that is Type 2 diabetes, which means the body doesn’t use insulin properly to keep blood sugar levels in check. Proper exercise and diet can prevent most people from getting Type 2 diabetes. That’s not true for the other type of diabetes – Type 1, which is sometimes called “juvenile diabetes” because it often occurs in childhood. There is no cure yet for Type 1 diabetes, but researchers have zeroed in on something in the body called “beta cells.”