Regenerating the pancreas with Dr. Juan Dominguez-Bendala

 

 

Dr. Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Ph.D., Director of Stem Cell Development & Translational Research at the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami joins eHealth Radio and the Diabetes & Health News Channels.

 

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Juan Dominguez-Bendala discuss the following:

• What is type 1 diabetes?
• Is it related to type 2 diabetes?
• Is there any treatment?
• Are any one of these treatments mentioned a cure?
• What progress has been made towards a cure?

 

Juan Domínguez-Bendala, Ph.D., is Director of Stem Cell Development for Translational Research at the Diabetes Research Institute. Before joining the DRI faculty, he worked at the Roslin Institute (Scotland, UK), known for the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Dr. Dominguez-Bendala obtained his Ph.D. there and acquired considerable experience in embryonic stem cells and state-of-the-art genetic engineering techniques.

Working with other DRI faculty and international collaborators, Dr. Domínguez-Bendala is currently involved in several projects that focus on the use of stem cells to obtain pancreatic islets that could potentially be transplanted into patients with type 1 diabetes. He is also currently working on new methods for expansion/ regeneration of pancreatic beta cells. Dr. Domínguez-Bendala was recently featured among a dozen of the nation’s top stem cell scientists in the first “CELLebrity” Doctors calendar to benefit research in regenerative therapies.

 

 

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