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How a patch made from your own blood can stop diabetes amputations

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The treatment, called LeucoPatch, has been trialled at more than 200 hospitals around Europe — including several in the UK — and involves taking about half a cup of blood from a patient’s arm.

The NHS carries out more than 8,000 toe, foot and lower leg amputations a year due to a single disease: diabetes.

 

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