Diabetes Successfully Cured Through Stem Cells
Type 1 diabetes is an illness in which the body’s immune system kills off insulin produced naturally in the body. As a result, victims of type 1 diabetes have to administer regular insulin shots to themselves in order to control their blood-sugar levels. This affects over 340,000 people in the United States alone!
Imagine changing those hundreds of thousands of peoples everyday lives. Scientists have conducted a risky trial and successfully injected stem cells into 15 patients with type 1 diabetes. Thirteen of the 15 patients have ditched their insulin shots and can have been able to live healthy lives ever since the treatment!
Alternative treatments are also still in the testing phase, however this treatment has the potential to be the cure to diabetes because it’s has undergone Phase III research. This treatment’s problem is the wide opposition to stem cell research (like President Bush) that will push it back for an indefinite amount of time. This cure could change the life of 1 in every 800 people with type 1 diabetes, support stem cell research because its potential could soon change your life.
April 16th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
This has nothing to do with the policy to limit federal funding for embrionic stem cell research to existing cell lines. In fact this method uses adult stem cells. If the embrionic stem cell policy was revised it would not speed up discoveries.
April 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Thank you for your comment Tony. You are absolutely correct. This method uses adult stem ells rather than embryonic stem cells and the ESC policy will not be DIRECTLY affected by this research. However, it has been shown that the general public doesn’t have adequate knowledge of the difference between embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, or a clear understanding of what stem cells really are. Therefore, support for adult stem cell research also spurs support for embryonic stem cell research (with the idea that the general public doesn’t have a clear distinction between these types of stem cells.
Thank you very much for bringing that up, perhaps I should write about the differences between them and basics about stem cells.
Additionally, you should note that although the ESC policy will not speed up these discoveries, the policy can help push all types of stem cell research further since it is all (at the fundamental stage) tied together.
June 15th, 2007 at 9:27 am
That sounds so sweet but thats just one face of the coin so it will be nice if u can tell me the sequele and adverse effects…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
The article quoted was from the “Times Online” in the UK and states thirteen of fifteen people were “cured” of there type 1 diabetes. This Blog leads one to believe that embrionic stem cells are the cure when the information in the quoted article it is clearly stated that adult stem cells harvested from the patients themselves were then reintroduced with successful results. NO embrionic stem cells were used.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Thank you for your comment M. Ritter. If you read the comment I have written above from April 16th, you will see the link between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells and my reason for the way I wrote this article. I thoroughly replied to a similar comment above.
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August 25th, 2010 at 4:36 am
very important for managing diabetes. This is going to especially be the case with regards to type 2 diabetes, as regular exercise is among the simplest way to maintain blood sugar control.