A Cure for Diabetes
Scientist have made a breakthrough in their research on diabetes. In lab mice, the disease has been reversed. The procedure involves injecting the subject with healthy spleen cells.
The director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Centre, Dr David Nathan, said: “These exciting findings in a mouse model of type-1 diabetes suggest that patients who are developing this disease could be rescued from further destruction of their insulin-producing cells . . . (and) patients with fully established diabetes possibly could have their diabetes reversed.”
Insulin dependent or type-1 diabetes results in the immune system attacking the pancreatic islet cells which produce insulin, the essential hormone that allows the body to obtain energy from glucose.
According to researchers, there is a prospect of hope that they have found a viable cure, only a patient trial can make the cure a reality. This finding can be a true blessing for 194 million people worldwide that suffer from type-1 diabetes.
Source: SMH.com
February 24th, 2004 at 5:29 pm
When can we see a patient trial for the cure for diabetes? I am a diabetic and would love to know.
June 18th, 2004 at 10:12 am
I have been diabetis for 12 years (since the age of 6) and my parents keep on telling me that there will be a cure in about 20 years but a cure is not going to be developed until companies are gib=ven the right to test on humans . People like myself would volunteer at a chance to help scientist to to find a cure even if there are dangers involved or if there is a minimal chance of succes. This new procedure of injecting speens should be given a chance to be tested on humans
October 16th, 2004 at 6:12 pm
i’m tiredthis about of history of cure! the only one thinkthatj iwish is the mygirlfriend can be cured!
March 2nd, 2005 at 2:56 am
Injection of healthy spleen cells to human beings should be allowed so that a possible cure for diabetis can be given a chance. I’m sure a lot of people will benefit on this breakthrough! Please help diabetics find permanent cure!