A new treatment will be available for diabetes patients in Northeast Ohio next month. The treatment for Type 1 diabetes injects cells from a deceased donor’s pancreas into a living patient to regulate insulin levels.

The therapy could save lives, said Betul Hatipoglu, medical director of the Diabetes & Metabolic Care Center at University Hospitals, which will offer the treatment.

“I have had patients who never woke up from their sleep," she said. "I had patients who had car accidents from hypoglycemia, never recovered fully from brain damage that they had.”

The treatment will be used for patients who have diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition where Type 1 diabetes patients are unable to detect extreme changes in their blood sugar levels, Hatipoglu said.

Individuals with t

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