It's about time you hear something different. According to initial findings of the study, this therapy has the potential to reduce if not totally eliminate a type 1 diabetic's dependence on insulin. While these two studies are not exactly new, they remain to be controversial because of the risks involved.

You must know, of course, that diabetes results when the beta cells of the pancreas are no longer producing enough insulin that is needed by the body. Stem cell therapy involves drawing out cells from your own blood, suppressing your immune system and then re-injecting the cells back in your body. The other treatment, pancreas transplantation, is a process of replacing the pancreas with a healthy one.

By now you must have gotten sick and tired of hearing the same treatment options for diabetes --- diet, medications, and exercise. Currently, there are a couple of studies that seem very promising when it comes to treating diabetes once and for all, and these are stem cell therapy and pancreas transplantation. If you are rather uncomfortable with either one, you can try a variety of natural treatments, instead.

Thus replacing the pancreas with a healthy one is believed to provide the ultimate solution to diabetes.