[Innovative]

This is such major breakthrough that I think it's worth Frontpage placement.

If diabetes can be cured, that will also eliminate all the other diseases it causes.

[Innovative]

ping

[txrefugee]

If this is successful, it will have to cost $10,000 per shot to make the diabetes industry happy. Diabetes is a cash cow for Big Pharma.

[null and void]

Rare all nine lists ping!

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Cool, time to pig out baby!

[Patriot Babe]

That is awesome news since I happen to be Type 2. I wonder when can this injection be utilized to the public.

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[Bloody Sam Roberts]

the research on FGF1 could revolutionize diabetes treatment.

But not until Novo Nordisk finds a way to make sufficient money off of it to replace their soon-to-be useless insulin production.

[who knows what evil?]

Your opinion?

[Aurorales]

Thanks for posting.

Bookmark

[chajin]

Any FReepers associated with the research industry? You could order FGF1 here and set up a 'research trial' for any of us who would be willing to try this--there's no logical reason for FGF1 to cause any ill side effects as far as I can tell...

[hoosiermama]

Is there any particular food that contains FGF1?

[SgtHooper]

It is a major event; however, I hope Smiling Bob is not involved in any way.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Or you can just go to the health food store or online and buy Alpiste (Canary Seed) and mix with water and drink twice daily. Totally organic, no side effects, high protein, flushes fat and lowers blood sugar naturally. We drink it everyday.

[minnesota_bound]

Won’t be of much use as high fructose corn syrup is in nearly everything.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bfl

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

[Jack Hammer]

If anyone develops a one-shot cure for Type-II Diabetes, they can retire to Monaco and divide their time between the mansion and the yacht.

And they’ll be driven between the two in a chauffeured Rolls Royce.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

While this sounds promising as a treatment, it is still a long way from a cure. The basic problem is that the islets of Langerhans are shutting or have shut down. While this treatment might mitigate one of their processes, it likely does not significantly impact the others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islets_of_Langerhans

Not too long ago, it was discovered that some diabetics still had some functioning islets, but that they were blocked by fat deposits. So a one or two month hospitalization starvation regimen was tried with some success to break the logjam, as it were.

But this didn’t affect those islets that had already shut down. Likewise, the body has insulin receptors that may be a completely different problem if they malfunction.

[Cicero]

Bookmark.

I think it will be several years before there is anything available for people to take, as opposed to mouse experiments, but this is certainly promising news.

[Ellendra]

I really hope this works. But at the same time, there’s a new “potential cure for diabetes” every other week.

I’ll believe it when it works on people and not just mice.