Re: Diabetis Cured - So why 3-5 years?


"Slap" <slap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In another thread I commented on our top notch Diabetes Research Team in
the
city I live in (Edmonton, Alberta Canada). The Team previously (in 2000)
pioneered islet cell transplants (from the pancreas of a dead body into
the
liver of a diabetic, where they take root and begin producing insulin).

Yesterday they released a study where they have cured diabetes in monkeys.
It is here...
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=5bef8d1e-77f9-4d7d-8eaf-7abbba82319c

They now want Canadian Gov. and FDA approval to begin testing on humans.
They don't expect the FDA to allow the transplant to the human liver but
such is life I guess.

I'm sure somebody is isolating islets and injecting them into the liver
already - Mexico, maybe? And I have a vague recollection of them being
wrapped in seaweed? I might be confusing several threads here! Anyway, good
luck to the Edmonton guys!

Nicky.

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A1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
95/74/72Kg


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