Can a seaweed wrap help beat diabetes? - Daily Mail 19th February 2008

Seaweed could hold the secret to curing diabetes. An ingredient extracted from it is being wrapped around insulin-producing cells taken from pigs and injected into patients' bodies. The jelly-like substance, called alginate, effectively hides the pig cells from the immune system, so it does not destroy them once they are injected. This allows the animal cells to carry on producing insulin, potentially banishing the need for patients to inject themselves with the hormone up to four times a day.

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