Is a cure for diabetes far away in the future?

Is there a cure for diabetes.. or maybe in the future ?

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    I've heard about pancreatic transplants or the Islets of Langerhans transplants (those are the insulin producing cells in the pancreas). My fiance (type 1 diabetic) says if it's safe and is approved he will do it.

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No cure yet. Researchers are working on a cure, but nothing yet. Stem cell research may have the answer, but with the ethical issues involved not enough research is being done in that area. There is a method of implanting islets from a donor that cures diabetes to a degree, but you have to take anti-rejection medications. Do a google search on "Edmonton Protocol" to learn about this.

Noccie

The only "cure" at this point is a pancreatic transplant. Transplants have their own set of problems, all based around rejection. The anti-rejection drugs are hugely expensive, and even so many transplants fails, requiring another transplant. And of course, each transplant is itself expensive. There are some experiments using adult stem cells injected into the pancreas. So far, this has shown success only in mice. It is still many years of research and approval testing before such a technique will be available for humans.

Gary B

No cure as of yet.

Michael P

There's no cure yet but there is promising research being done by Dr. Denise Faustman who cured Type-1 diabetes in mice using BCG, a drug currently used for tuberculosis treatment. You can read about her research here: http://www.faustmanlab.org/FAQ.html#Anchor-11481

Joe B

Believe it or not there is a cure.Yes there is a cure. and its my secret. I have actually helped a man save his foot from being amputated and a girl go off using insulin.. Would you like to know my secret? If you don't believe me, that's okay. I'll keep helping those that are interested

julian h

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