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Posted on 08/20/2007 6:43:03 PM PDT by Coleus
Ahmedabad: There is good news for diabetes patients as there may be a stem cell cure for the disease. Dr H L Trivedi and his team from Ahmedabad claim that they have discovered a cell that is present in human fat that can produce insulin, when cultivated. "If we could transplant stem cells which have the ability to cure diabetes, then it's the final of final and ultimate of ultimate as far as cure for diabetes is concerned,” says Dr Trivedi, who is the director of Institute of Kidney Diseases,
The miracle stem cell can be transplanted into the liver, where it not only multiplies, but produces insulin as well - much like the islet cells that produce insulin in the pancreas. With the cells present in fat, it would side step the controversy associated with embryonic stem cells. In fact Trivedi feels this could be nature's way of countering insulin. "There is a strong reason to believe that this is a back-up system generated by nature. Nature has stored these insulin producing cells in our adipose tissue,” says Dr Trivedi.
The discovery couldn't be more relevant today, with India considered the diabetes capital of the world. However, if Dr Trivedi's team manages to develop this, it would mean treatment for a condition that is the 4th leading cause of death in the world. So what is the next step?
To begin with, the team will now seek permission from the Internal Review Board of the institute to start using this technique on patients. Says Dr Trivedi, “Once we get the permissions, we should be able to treat the first 10 patients in a month or so."
(Excerpt) Read more at ibnlive.com ...
Sweet!*
Will it be available under Hillarycare? I didn’t think so. The big boys make WAY too much money off us diabetics.
Speaking as a diabetic (and someone who worked out at the gym today) they can have all the fat they want from me. ;-)
Even if this is 10 years off it is great news.
Hopefully we will not get Hillarycare.
Shouldn’t the next step be peer review? Shouldn’t there be extensive studies, and animal experimentation before they try it out on humans?
quick! step up the abortion machinery! whoever is against it is a criminal against humanity!
Don’t you know how to read?
thanks, bfl
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Ah, another example of the glorious promise of embryonic stem cells.
Oh, wait.
Great news!
I’m guessing, NO.
Thanks for the ping!
LOL.
Thank God. I am praying for a cure every day. My child needs it!
‘twasn’t me - Heads up thanks to Darkangel and Neverdem.
Thanks for the ping!
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