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Stem Cells Offer Hope for Diabetics
(April 11) - Thirteen young diabetics in Brazil have ditched their insulin shots and need no other medication thanks to a risky, but promising treatment with stem cells — apparently the first time such a feat has been accomplished.
Though too early to call it a cure, the procedure has enabled the young people, who have Type I diabetes, to live insulin-free so far, some for as long as three years. The treatment involves stem cell transplants.
"It's the first time in the history of Type 1 diabetes where people have gone with no treatment whatsoever ... no medications at all, with normal blood sugars," said study co-author Dr. Richard Burt of Northwestern University.
But, don't get your hopes up if you happen to live in the good ol' USA, though. King George has vetoed stem cell research in the past and promises to do it again. He'd rather dump already harvested stem cells, rather than let researchers study them to cure disease. If we lived in a modern country like Brazil, we could look forward to more such cures, but we don't. We are under the thumb of "W the Great, King of America" If you don't believe it, just read the paper....
(April 11) - Thirteen young diabetics in Brazil have ditched their insulin shots and need no other medication thanks to a risky, but promising treatment with stem cells — apparently the first time such a feat has been accomplished.
Though too early to call it a cure, the procedure has enabled the young people, who have Type I diabetes, to live insulin-free so far, some for as long as three years. The treatment involves stem cell transplants.
"It's the first time in the history of Type 1 diabetes where people have gone with no treatment whatsoever ... no medications at all, with normal blood sugars," said study co-author Dr. Richard Burt of Northwestern University.
But, don't get your hopes up if you happen to live in the good ol' USA, though. King George has vetoed stem cell research in the past and promises to do it again. He'd rather dump already harvested stem cells, rather than let researchers study them to cure disease. If we lived in a modern country like Brazil, we could look forward to more such cures, but we don't. We are under the thumb of "W the Great, King of America" If you don't believe it, just read the paper....
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