{
  "id": 16716440,
  "title": "China trial shows gum tissue stem cells help 55% of lifetime diabetes patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/china-trial-shows-gum-tissue-stem-cells-help-55-of-lifetime-diabetes-16716440",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T06:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3372256/china-trial-shows-gum-tissue-stem-cells-help-55-lifetime-diabetes-patients"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A randomised phase 1 clinical trial conducted by scientists and doctors from Shanghai and Guangzhou has achieved encouraging results in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes using stem cells extracted from the mouth’s gum tissue. More than half of those who received the treatment showed varying degrees of improvement, while one subject was able to discontinue exogenous insulin therapy completely, the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}