There is exciting news about advances toward a possible cure for diabetes.

Scientists are reporting more success in islet cell transplants, which appears to be curing a few select people with type 1, or insulin-dependent, diabetes.

People with type 1 diabetes can't produce islets -- cells that make insulin to control blood sugar levels.

During new research, doctors transplanted islet cells from donor cadaver pancreas' into eight diabetes patients. Surgeons used a catheter to send the islet cells into the liver and blood stream.

"All eight recipients became diabetes-free and insulin independent after islet transplantation and were protected from hypoglycemia episodes after transplantation," said Dr. Bernhard Hering of the University of Minnesota.

That means no more insulin shots and no more fainting spells. But patients must keep taking strong drugs to stop their bodies from rejecting the donor cells.

Islet transplants are currently being performed at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.

New Type Of Breast Scanner

A brand new scanner cannot only detect small breast cancers, it can also tell if a lump is malignant or benign.

It is called positron emission mammography or PEM Flex. It is a high-resolution scanner just for the breast. The patient is injected with a radioactive liquid and on the scan a malignant lump will light up, but a benign lump will not.

Doctors say it is 91 percent accurate and can pick up malignancies that other tests can't.

A federal study is under way comparing the comfortable PEM Flex to traditional mammograms, ultrasound and MRI.

Danger Of Ibuprofen

A family whose daughter died after she took ibuprofen is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to add a new warning to ibuprofen products.

Heather Kiss, 3, was given children's Advil to reduce her fever. But her parents say the drug triggered a severe reaction that led to her death.

Now, the Kiss family has launched a petition to the FDA to put warning labels on all ibuprofen products, alerting parents that their daughter died of a rare condition called Stevens Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.

The Kiss family has also filed a wrongful death suit against Wyeth, the maker of Advil. Wyeth said that their labeling is both appropriate and effective and said Heather's condition was exceedingly rare and can be caused by many medicines and viruses.