Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing cells, using stem cell techniques. The researchers' aim is to transplant these cells under the skin of people with diabetes.
"This study is a step towards discovering how "stand-in" cells can secrete insulin in the body," says Professor Helge Ræder, leader of the stem cell node at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Diabetes Research, University of Bergen.
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When i read news like this i feel that i am dreaming. There is a billion dollar industry for diebetic medication and I don't think these big pharma giants will let the cure for diebetes to actually have a success. They want people to be ill so that they can travel in their private jet and cruise. Another form of drug mafia.
Good Share DRH-sangli
This is wonderful news for T1...
However for T2....insulin resistance is problem.. and as per standard medical practice which is mainly aimed for T1...keep on increasing insulin production...and in that race between insulin production and insulin resistance..body starts facing side effects of Hyperinsulinemia...
For T2 I think instead of insulin production...some research aimed at insulin resistance/sensitivity will be more useful....
I agree with @ cure.... a day may not be far away even to tame IR...or ..IS ...
cure
DRH-sangli
In the past, attempts have been made to grow beta cells in laboratories, but the problem as you say in t2d is they are not insulin deficient. Also these cells should be placed at a strategic site like the pancreas so that they can survive, grow and most important is that they should be bathed by blood enough to give insulin response in time and also cut off the insulin secretion in time. Failure to respond in time will lead to hyperglycemia and failure to cut off will cause hypos.. Things are not as easy in science as it looks.
Also, a very big question is this: Can a person's own cells be used to avoid graft rejection or some matched cells from other nonD people? Using own cells have highest acceptibility but then we are still using genetically weak cells.
This will benefit Type I diabetics. For Type II, however, it is a different story. The cause of type II is insulin resistance, which is easily, quickly and completely reversible through lifestyle changes, using the guidance from Integrative / Functional medicine.
Our body is very complex... and each individual is different...
Do whatever...it is very difficult to reestablish lost delicate sugar control...
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