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March 24th, 2006, 07:44 GMT · By Bogdan Obretin

New Diabetes Cure on the Horizon

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Scientists announced yesterday that they have managed to cure diabetes in mice, by blocking an immune system attack that is causing the disease.

The discovery, first published 5 years ago, raises hopes for people suffering of type 1 diabetes, which affects half-million to a million Americans. This diabetes is harder to treat than obesity-associated type 2 diabetes, where the body stops producing insulin gradually.

The study also makes an interesting proposal, namely that of using embryonic stem cells as replacement cells for diabetics. In the three experiments,
mice were injected TNF-alpha, a natural protein which stopped the immune system's attack on the much needed cells.

This was followed by an injection of spleen cells from healthy mice, which carry proteins that help immune cells ignoring healthy tissue. Not all mice were cured in the 3 experiments, the best results having 50% efficiency. In mice, it was discovered that the pancreas can cure itself and, if the same thing is discovered for humans, adding embryonic stem cells as the source of new pancreas cells will have a positive effect.

While scientists are trying to turn the stem cells into insulin-secreting pancreas cells, attempts to cure diabetes by transplanting pancreas cells from cadavers have not proven efficient in all cases. Trials on humans are expected to begin at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Denise L. Faustman, the scientist who performed the first study, said "the new studies confirm that it is possible to stop the process by which the immune system mistakenly destroys insulin-producing cells." The cells which can be found in the pancreas are destroyed in the type 1 form of diabetes.

"We are actually elated by these studies. For 20 years, the hope has been that humans can regenerate insulin-producing cells. When we began this work we were not even allowed to use the word 'regeneration' in our papers. By 2003, we were able to use the word. These three landmark papers are extraordinarily important," Faustman added.

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Comment #1 by: shahzada adnan majeed II on 27 Mar 2006, 01:14 UTC reply to this comment

Try this ... and you shall be cured !

guaranteed ... (if you'll insist)

have you ever thought why there are health problems among living beings ?

it's not that tough to understand, but usually tough to beat the heat out of unhealthy side of ones life.

but it depends on few things, that might turn you against the society you live in.

Diabetes, usually, when seen from the ill worlds prospective, has few odd meanings in itself.

Diabetes ... also means die son ... as simple as that ...
Diabetes ... also means that big a diameter of your waist ...
Diabetes ... also means Lier ... not telling the truth ...
Diabetes ... also means say good bye to your male genitals ...
Diabetes ... also means yes Tea is empty headed and should be kept away...
Diabetes ... also means yes its going to be T.B. ...
Diabetes ... also means to get rid of that health problem you'll have to talk to District of Columbia's Egg shell...
Diabetes ... also means Your daughters are the worsts liers ...
Diabetes ... as you can see has many other trans-planet meanings.
thats needs to be known from different sources of whatever the language they might be affiliated with.

the above meanings can be seen when you screwup the word chossen for this disorder when the cure... as well as disorder inducing chemical was invented in the Research and development labs of pharmaceutical companys as well as Universities where chemical research is and has been carried on since long.

but just like its not possible to fight with the Oil producing people so that they may not make other people put the base oil or the oil products taken out of the crude oil that comes out of oil wells, similarly it may not be possible for weak person to fight with this disorder or the problems it brings on unless on simply says, i'm ready to die, even if i have to, but i simply won't settle for something that would feed those people who are directly or indirectly involved in bringing on this disorder in this world.

there are couple of diet restrictions that when followed can make you eat that stuff which is natural good and has all those sugar stuff that you can imagine have when spending your money for food. please see the second message for that.


Comment #2 by: shahzada adnan majeed II on 27 Mar 2006, 01:49 UTC reply to this comment

I remember my grandfather used to pay for basic food items needed by those poverty strucken families, whose earning hands used to be erradicated by the society and by the goverment of that particualr region, as well as people from different other regions. he would on different occasions, as much he could afford would spend on these basic food items, based on the truth after he would send some other atleast couple of different sources to find out if thats the real truth and where they live and how many and what family members do they have.

the basic food items...

Wheat flour ...
Rice ...
Sugar ...
Cooking Shorting ... (oil based product)

rest, he would say, there are hundreds of other people all around...

and the answer he would get inreturn.

sir, they say ... shooo vooo .... get away ...

and then he, silently would give an ample amount of money to spend on there family that would fill their dinning utencils to some extent. and few other things ...

.....

atleast, there are three food items that lack in diabetes people.

starch (wheat, rice)
sugar (all kinds)
salt (as it raises ones blood pressure)

one thing you might or might not believe ... when you consume sugar stuff, make sure you can convince your self the following:
(Did i put any sugar in this dish ?)
even if the answer comes to be true ... as you might have to buy the product yourself, then say, i see no sugar stuff in there, do you see any sugar stuff in this dish ?)

also, you might have to say, i don't have any sugar honey ... in my life ...

salt makes your blood pressure go high .... true it does, even in cows and buffaloes it does, and is given to make them perform the act of becoming pregnant ...

starch ... there is a reason for not eating it ...

you have to look at the seed of wheat ... you don't want to eat that kind of body part, that looks like that ... do you ?

may be just a little, when properly washed, and cooked, with out any poison, that does not include a good preservative.

properly packed wheat product just a little when mixed with other mentioned below food item(s) can be given to ones body as a good stuff.

Yogurt ... plain yogurt (previously having some sugar based stuff)
when nothing else is available would do the job, But replacing it with good clean food that can be mixed with yogurt is always affordable, but when you try to mix those fruits that are already enriched with alot of water contents would make it immpossible for you digestive track to consume and absorb all the water out of your food.

But if you start to have yogurt (just like when i would do, clouds from the other side of the planet start to immerge, saying its sort of cold and in this cold season one is having yogurt, thats crazy, so why don't you have oil riched food instead or startve)

well, i always keep small packets of salty crackers in there with butter in them (just a little touch) to comply with the cellular phone and F.M. and T.V. transmission radiation sickness, that starts to make me receive their transmission without a receiver.

DO NOT FOR GET TO PUT IN HAND PICKED FROM THE LOT (SMALL QUANTITY) THAT YOU PURCHASE AND WASHED WITH GREAT CARE WITH YOUR OWN HANDS BEFORE PUTTING IN TO THE YOGURT THAT YOU'LL CONSUME)

SMALL SEEDS that are caled Black Pepper ....

make sure thats what they are, provided, you purchase them as seeds and not as powder or grounded.

so when ever you'll take yogurt with fruit or other (silently) mixed just alittle of it sugar stuff that should not have different chemicals mixed in them then do add few (according to the quantity of yogurt) seed of Black Pepper ...

Cloves washed three or four into yogurt are also good for you...

salt should not be taken as by itself as the salt that comes on the store shelves is not the salt diabetes people need.
so you'll have to find good salt crackers that would fix you provided they are made by some known good company.

that is all the starch one should have...

rice your choice, when mixed with (non-spicy type things) would be good dish.

BUT ABOVE ALL

YOU MUST NOT CONSUME OIL OR OIL BASED PRODUCTS AT ALL

INSTEAD THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF pure butter made out of cows milk products should not exceed half a tea-spoon or just a little more for pleasure.

SO HELP YOU GOD !


Comment #3 by: Ray on 04 Mar 2012, 15:43 UTC reply to this comment

I think there is a cure but the Gov. and drug companies are holding back for
the love of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ sickening..

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