——The latest medical breakthrough in 2025, diabetes may be rewritten

Breakthrough in diabetes in 2025

01 The beginning of a medical revolution

May 6, 2025, the ninth day of the fourth lunar month, is an ordinary working day. But for Li Qiang (pseudonym), today is the 365th day of his "rebirth" - on this day last year, he received stem cell treatment and bid farewell to his 10-year insulin injection career.

"The first thing I do when I wake up every day is no longer to measure blood sugar and get an injection. This feeling... is like a dream." Li Qiang said.

This is not an isolated case. Among the 140 million diabetics in the world, more and more people are touching the possibility of "cure" through stem cell technology.

02 From "medicine jar" to free man

Wang Fang, 45 years old, 8 years of type 2 diabetes

-"My bag is always filled with insulin and sugar"

The year she was diagnosed, Wang Fang had just been promoted to department director. But frequent hypoglycemia caused her to faint in the middle of an important meeting, almost ruining her career.

- Turning point: An accidental clinical opportunity

In 2024, she participated in the umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell therapy trial. The doctor infused the cultured stem cells into her body through an intravenous infusion.

- Results:

After 3 months: Insulin dosage reduced by 60%

After 6 months: Fasting blood sugar stabilized at 5.6-6.2mmol/L (originally 9.8mmol/L)

- Now: Only need to monitor blood sugar once a week, "finally dare to travel alone".

12-year-old Xiaolin, a child with type 1 diabetes

- "My classmates said that my schoolbag contained 'poison'"

Isolated since childhood due to insulin injections, his parents took him around the world to seek medical treatment.

- Hope: Stem cells repair pancreatic beta cells

In 2023, Xiaolin received an autologous stem cell transplant in Japan, and doctors used his fat stem cells to cultivate new pancreatic islet cells.

- Results:

1 year later: C-peptide secretion recovered (key indicator of pancreatic islet function)

- Latest examination: Glycated hemoglobin 5.9%, reaching the level of non-diabetic people

03 Why can stem cells "cure"?

-"Seed cells" rebuild factories

Stem cells can differentiate into pancreatic beta cells, replacing the "original cells" that are accidentally injured by the immune system (for type 1).

-"Fire captain" regulates immunity

Mesenchymal stem cells can "pacify" the overactive immune system and prevent it from attacking the pancreatic islets

-"Nutrition courier" repairs microenvironment

Cytokines secreted by stem cells can awaken dormant pancreatic islet cells in the body (for type 2).

2025 data:

-The latest study in The Lancet shows that 67% of patients with type 1 diabetes reduce insulin dependence after stem cell treatment.

-Boao Lecheng, Hainan, China has approved 12 clinical transformations of stem cell diabetes therapies.

04 The future has come

"I used to think that diabetes would stay with me forever, but now I know that there is no ceiling for medicine." - Wang Fang's words may be the best footnote of this era.

Have you or someone around you ever been exposed to stem cell therapy? Comments are welcome in the comment area