Clinical Trials: Possible Cure For Diabetes

[Hobbes]

My mother died from complications of diabetes.
I'm hopeful that this works.


http://www.gizmag.com/verapamil-diabetes-clinical-trial/34642/

 

[CHenry]

Thats awesome!!

 

[jimeradams]

My dad suffered through years of dealing with type 1 diabetes before he passed in 1998. The potential here is enormous!

 

[-Pjackso]

Just FYI - this testing is for Type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes can kill off beta-cells due to bad diet and eventually progress to Type 1 diabetes if not maintained.
The conventional definition for Type 1 diabetes (Juvenial/ Early onset) is due to an auto-immune attack killing off the beta-cells, which is a completely different attack mechanism.


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/834523?src=rss
(read the comments)


**I'm really watching for Type 1 research.

 

[Big_McLargehuge]

Sweet! Now I can eat all the Mickey D's I want!

 

[Hobbes]

Just FYI - this testing is for Type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes can kill off beta-cells due to bad diet and eventually progress to Type 1 diabetes if not maintained.
The conventional definition for Type 1 diabetes (Juvenial/ Early onset) is due to an auto-immune attack killing off the beta-cells, which is a completely different attack mechanism.


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/834523?src=rss
(read the comments)


**I'm really watching for Type 1 research.

The subjects for the clinical trials are Type 1 diabetics.
I clicked through to the source article

The trial, known as “the repurposing of verapamil as a beta cell survival therapy in type 1 diabetes,” is scheduled to begin early next year and has come to fruition after more than a decade of research efforts in UAB’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center.

http://www.uab.edu/news/innovation/item/5508?+frontdoornews

 

[Biggsly]

Sweet! Now I can eat all the Mickey D's I want!

I work with a person that takes off almost every week. They blame it on their diabetes "type 2". This week they had Mickey D's 4 days in a row and they are about 100lbs over weight.

That said. I would love to see a cure. I have a good friend that has been battling type 1 forever.

 

[jalapeno]

this would be awesome. I too have a friend and family member that would benefit from this. but realistically if it works how long before its on the market and then at what cost.

 

[Big_McLargehuge]

this would be awesome. I too have a friend and family member that would benefit from this. but realistically if it works how long before its on the market and then at what cost.

And would it get approved by the FDA?

 

[nofearfactor]

My wife and her entire family are practically all diabetics. Good news, potentially.