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'Rebuilt' immune system shakes off diabetes
New Scientist ^
| 4/10/07
| Roxanne Khamsi
Posted on 04/11/2007 8:54:44 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
And not a single embryo had to be destroyed for this. Wonderful news!
To: LibWhacker
Wonder if they can do the same thing for Cancer patients.
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posted on
04/11/2007 8:58:28 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(Won't vote for a liberal in the democrat party, won't vote for one in the Republican party. Ever)
To: Leatherneck_MT
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posted on
04/11/2007 8:59:21 AM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: LibWhacker
We should start a betting pool: how long before (a) some Democrat claims that this happened in Brazil instead of the U.S. because "Bush banned stem cell research," and (b) the Associated Press trumpets the Democrat's statement verbatim, without correcting or fact-checking the Democrat in any way.
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:04:07 AM PDT
by
Nick Danger
(www.vvlf.org)
To: LibWhacker
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04/11/2007 9:08:03 AM PDT
by
true_blue_texican
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: LibWhacker
Thank you for posting that article!
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:11:45 AM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(Dorky Gigglelips)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:12:43 AM PDT
by
jim_trent
To: RhoTheta; Orgiveme
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:15:42 AM PDT
by
Egon
("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
To: Reaganesque
To: Leatherneck_MT
this might well have implications for arthritis and a wide variety of other diseases that involve immune systems gone awry
To: chopperman
But what about Type 2? Lose weight and work out, and most of Type 2 diabetes goes away.
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04/11/2007 9:30:34 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Oberon; chopperman
Lose weight and work out, and most of Type 2 diabetes goes away. It worked for me! I've lost more than 90lbs. and I no longer have Type 2 diabetes. I don't think this study actually looked at Type 2 though.
To: cgk; rdb3
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posted on
04/11/2007 9:39:11 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Leatherneck_MT
==> “Wonder if they can do the same thing for Cancer patients.” <==
Cytoxan was one of 4 anti-cancer drugs used in my wife’s treatment for breast cancer in 2005. Following surgery, over the next 4 months she had 4 doses of cytoxan and adriamycin, followed by 4 doses of taxol and gemcitibene. One month later, she had 25 X-ray treatments, then 8 doses of direct electron beam radiation.
To: Reaganesque
It sort of works. I have controlled my blood glucose for over two years with diet and exercise, but still have severe neuropathy in both feet. And I still am hypersensitive to high-glycemic foods. If I have even a few small pieces of potato in a stew, or more that a teaspoon of cornstarch-laden sauce, or a tablespoon of rice at a chinese restaurant, I can expect 40 or 50 extra points on my meter that night.
When I behave myself, my average glucose is about 100, checked twice daily. Last night we had our Mensa meeting at a Mexican restaurant and I overdosed on chips and salsa. Hours later, my glucose was 136. But I really would like to have feeling back in my feet, so I will be more restrained next month.
To: Incorrigible
Application for MS?LORD knows I hope so.

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posted on
04/11/2007 10:16:16 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 (Get well Snowman!))
To: Nick Danger
This happened in Brazil for 2 reasons:
1. There are some damn smart people in Brazil
2. If this happened in the US, the FDA would allow human testing for another decade
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posted on
04/11/2007 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
Raymann
(Atheists aren't your enemy, commies are.)
To: Raymann
The Pharmaceutical industry won’t like this at all - they make billions upon billions over diabetes drugs and supplies. I sure hope for my 20 year old daughter who has had type I (diagnosed 9/2/05) that this becomes a reality.
To: LibWhacker
The technique, which uses patients' own bone marrow cells, has freed 14 of 15 patients with type 1 diabetes from their dependence on insulin medication.
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04/11/2007 11:40:11 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(For Democrats; victory in Iraq is not an option!)
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