Diabetics find freedom in surgery that can restore insulin production

A team of researchers, doctors and medical institutions in Seattle may have a simple gift for people with diabetes — freedom. Freedom from worries over maintaining the proper level of sugar in the blood. And freedom from the fear that the disease will destroy their eyes, heart or kidneys. The freedom comes in clusters of cells plucked from a donated pancreas. The cells, known as islets, produce insulin, which the body needs to use sugar. Type 1 diabetes destroys those cells, making the body insulin-deficient