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Posted -  14/12/2004  :  22:36
Cure for diabetes soon
MIL, Dec 14, 2004. Abdul Malik


British researchers in collaboration with the Diabetes Vaccine Development Center in Melbourne will test a vaccine early next year on the patients that could wipe out type I diabetes, the most serious kind of diabetes. It works on by stopping the destruction of the cells.

The vaccine will be tested on 72 diabetic patients at King's College London and Bristol University in England.

What causes type I diabetes still may be unknown but it makes the body's defense system mounts an abnormal attack on its pancreas, destroying the body's ability to produce insulin.

Dr. Colin Dayan from Bristol University says, "it'll be of help for those people who have just been diagnosed, it might stop their insulin making cells deteriorating further".

"if it proves to be very safe, we will think about using it in people who have a high risk of going on to develop type I diabetes," he told BBC.

The patients of Type I diabetes usually develops before the age of 40 and patients have to inject the daily doses of insulin to keep blood sugar level under control. Currently five million patients are suffering from it.

It contains a protein that promotes the production of protective immune cells to defend cells in the pancreas against attack. The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice, although it can take up to five to ten years to be introduced in the market. Apart from a vaccine, a number of other diabetes cures are now being studied, including the use of stem cells and organ transplants to restore insulin production.
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 15:55
Doc, we have it easy compared to you. Don't do what my dad used to do which was to justify having a couple of pints followed by a large whisky - "to dry the sugar up". He was able to stick rigidly to his diet apart from his Saturday night dring and his chips but it got him in the end largely as a result of over using the insulin.
He was blind a used a "clicker" syringe that measured the drawing of the insulin in clicks. It wasn't very accurate and he over and under dosed at times.  Nolic


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Tizer
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 20:01
Doc, you have my sympathy about your favourite foods being banned. I've had a kind of inflammatory bowel disease for about 15 years now and had to give up all spices and even pungent herbs. I can't take much fat or fibre, so cream is out and I can't rely on vegetarian dishes because of the fibre content. Alcohol limited too. To get my spicy foods now I have to watch Rick Stein, although the Hairy Bikers' tour of Britain is more likely to offer something I could eat.

I use to love spicy food and had just discovered Cajun fish dishes on a trip to the US when the trouble began.....


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Stanley
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Posted - 09/10/2009 : 07:15
Comrade, thanks for the advice. I'm being very careful because I read the advice oin the net. Funny thing is that it was me who first suggeeted to the GP that I start with a half dose for a few days before going onto the full whack, he never mentioned it. I don't usually eat first thing in the morning so I've started having half a bowl of porridge, just semi skimmed milk and oats, as a cushion. I noticed a slight reaction 12 hours after first dose but nothing serious. Since then no problems at all. I shall go onto the full dose tomorrow and will let you know how I go on.

I knew about Doc's latest problems but kept quiet. Nolic is right, compared to him you are having a far worse time. I think I'm probably at the bottom of the scale as regerds risk, my blood analysis is only a shade inside the parameters which trigger being diagnosed but I am being very sensible. I have had another look at my diet and taken the necessary steps. I suppose the thing to remember is that thirty years ago we'd probably be ignorant of what was happening.  (and isn't it nice to go into the chemist's and get the medication free! Think what it would cost under a privatised health service! Let's hear it for the NHS!)


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Posted - 10/10/2009 : 10:36
"I don't usually eat first thing in the morning so I've started having half a bowl of porridge..."

It surprises me how many people miss breakfast nowadays when it is, literally, meant to `break the night's fast'. Our ancestors would never have done so because they needed the calories in order to do all the physical work. But now people starve themselves for longer then fill upwith food later on - it's a bit like binge eating instead of spreading the intake out over the day. It makes me wonder whether lack of breakfast has contributed to the incidence of type 2 diabetes by messing up our control of sugar levels.


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moh
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Posted - 10/10/2009 : 12:23
Hubby uses a clicker pen - what others are there?


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Stanley
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Posted - 11/10/2009 : 08:48
It's always seemed sensible to me to eat when I'm hungry. Very often it's lunchtime before I feel the need. I suppose that is the wrong way to look at it. However, I am now being a good boy, the oats are soaking ready for the first pill!


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