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Near-Complete Cure For Diabetes In Two Years?

Posted by kdawson on from the medical-miracle dept.

resistant writes "Researchers at a Toronto hospital have stumbled upon a dramatic treatment for mouse diabetes, with large implications for the treatment of diabetes in humans. From the article: 'The islet inflammation cleared up and the diabetes was gone. Some have remained in that state for as long as four months, with just one injection... They also discovered that their treatments curbed the insulin resistance that is the hallmark of Type 2 diabetes, and that insulin resistance is a major factor in Type 1 diabetes, suggesting the two illnesses are quite similar.'"
Update: 12/17 03:46 GMT by KD : resistant adds that the Cell Journal article is posted as a PDF as well as in plain text.

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  1. Re:Yet again, it's always the mice by MrPotatoeHead · · Score: 5, Informative

    ok, ok, i'll do the work for you...

    http://www.cell.com/content/article/abstract?uid=P IIS0092867406014656

    the link to the PDF for the entire article is to the right of the page

  2. Re:Type 1 PETA members probably already dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You mean like the PETA VP, Mary Beth Sweetland, who is a type A diabetic and rationalized "I don't see myself as a hypocrite; I need my life to fight for the rights of animals."

  3. Re:Please...why do they report prematurely? by smart2000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't a press release about some research conducted over the weekend. If you read the article (I know it is /. tradition to never RTFA), you will see they are talking about their publication in the journal Cell, which is a pretty respected medical journal. The article was written in May, and only published a few days ago. It has been peer reviewed, and your characterization that it is just a scam for fame and fortune is a sad insight into the state of drive-by criticism so prevalent on the internet these days.

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  4. Re:"suggesting the two illnesses are quite similar by smart2000 · · Score: 5, Informative
    They are similar in name because of the symptoms, not because of the underlying cause.



    RTFA - part of the big point here is that their research shows that this type of treatment cures BOTH types, indicating that contrary to what is believed, BOTH types have a similar cause, not just similar symptoms.

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