Cure to Diabetes Using Stem Cells
Stem cell research over at the University of California, Irvine is booming! Dr. Ken Cho is on his way to finding the cure for diabetes. He has discovered over 50 genes in mouse embryonic stem cells that promote insulin-producing cells. If he is able to activate these genes in mice, he’s one step closer to finding out how to activate them in humans. Activating these cells will mean that a diabetic person’s life-style can go back to normal with their cells producing insulin for them.
-Amy Shah
April 11th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
[...] 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. [...]
July 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Would like to see more about adult stem cells. Double blind clinical studies show they can be induced to migrate into the bloodstream and I’ve seen no study suggesting they have less potential to play a role in repairing diseased or injured tissue than embryonic cells. The latter lend themselves to study in a petri dish which bone marrow cells may not, but the bone marrow cells are in situ, and responsive to chemical messages from all over the living organism. Petri dish cells are in an artificial environment with no natural clue of what they should be morphing into.
Anecdotal stories are many of cancer remission or many other generally intractable conditions helped, but all the big grant money is sent to the embryonic researchers. It can’t be denied that if there is a economic value to embryonic stem-cells, there will be a lot more embryonic stem-cells for sale. We all already have bone marrow stem-cells.
All the brouhaha with religious fanatics imposing their bigotry on civilization is already being side-stepped by independent thinkers. Some good information is at StemCellsNow.StemTechHealth.com