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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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Christian
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Posted - 14/12/2004 : 22:49
Thats awesome...I have a co-worker with diabetes that must be a real pain the the butt testing sugar and all. Not to mention injections everyday..
"Victory is not about first place, we are victorious when we learn from the experience and improve ourselves for the next challenge."-Rickson Gracie
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 00:35
I really hope that this happens, I have an "adopted nephew" chris who is nearly 21 and he is a sufferer of diabetes. Recently Chris has been in hospital twice, one of the times he nearly died.
Chris is a wonderful guy, happy, bright, hardworking and to top it all good looking with the world at the tips of his fingers and it would be great if this cure could be given to him.
If you get the chance please support Diabetes Charities and help to reduce the effects this disease.
Margaret Porter
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Christian
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 01:32
Chris is a wonderful guy, happy, bright, hardworking and to top it all good looking....
For a second there I thought you were talking about me....lol
"Victory is not about first place, we are victorious when we learn from the experience and improve ourselves for the next challenge."-Rickson Gracie
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Stanley
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 05:54
Be careful Christian, you are playing with Dynamite.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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mporter
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 07:07
And a big stick of it to boot.........
Margaret Porter
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 08:15
Christian, all of us with the condition are just like your pal. iolnc
Edited by - Another on 15 Dec 2004 08:16:15
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Christian
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Posted - 15/12/2004 : 19:17
Yeah I hope they rid the world of this nasty disease.
But at least ill go out with a bang..( I couldnt resist) lol
"Victory is not about first place, we are victorious when we learn from the experience and improve ourselves for the next challenge."-Rickson Gracie
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Stanley
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Posted - 16/12/2004 : 06:08
Fifty years ago Arthur Morrison used to test everyone for diabetes once a year or whenever they cam into his surgery. I asked him why and he told me then that on average almost one person in four had some level of diabetes. He was way ahead of his time. My father had it and so has my brother, I'm clear, funny isn't it.....
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Posted - 16/12/2004 : 07:07
My Dad has it and up to now is the only one in the family (that we know about) He tests all of us regularly. You should see his joy when he stabs the pin thing in me for some blood.
Mel
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Posted - 16/12/2004 : 08:45
Stanley, it was Dr Morrison who established that my dad had the condition, unfortunately at a very late stage and he lost his eyesight through it. I was fortunate in that regular testing found mine at an early stage. The advances in diabetes care over the last 20 years have been phenominal and fewer people with the condition are suffering the extreme effects that were common 20 years ago.
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Posted - 16/12/2004 : 12:11
Arthur told me then that the best way of avoiding getting it was to watch my weight and take regular exercise. He called it 'late onset diabetes'. He could have been right. I'm due for my glaucoma test next month.......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 06:51
C omrade, I have to report that I have been persuaded by my GP to start taking the lowest dose of Metform. I had a full blood analysis and it shows the same slight level of Type II that showed up two years ago. Very little change but he tells me that research has shown that rather than wait until intervention is essential, it is now the practice to start people on the drug a lot sooner. I've read it up and what it does is relieve the pressure on the pancreas and slows down the development of full-blown diabetes significantly. So, I can't tell people I take no pills any more! I'm on half a dose for a few days and then up to the full dose which is the lowest efective amount you can take. Hopefully, this plus the ongoing attention to diet and exercise will slow the deterioration down. No problems, I am wonderfully well and intend to stay like that. As you say, early intervention due to better testing is good. I'd advise everyone to do what I did two years ago, ask for a full blood analysis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metformin
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 07:51
Comrade, be very carefull with them. Read the possible side efects and make sure you never forget them. I've had real problems getting used to them with sickness, severe stomach upsets and mouth ulcers. My pharmacist now ensures that he gets my supply from the same manufacturer each time as he's convinced that my problems were from the different type of coatings that different manufacturers use. I'm fine as long as I take them at the same time every day and don't forget or delay a dose. Having said all that my sugar levels are now consistenrly below 6 and I'm off the additional medication that I was on initially. If you hav'n't already got one get a sugar measuring kit and use it once a week.
Welcome to the club. Nolic
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 14:31
A good point about the coatings Nolic. Doctors and pharmacists are forever changing `brands' of drugs these days and they are not all the same. I've detected different effects in the ulcer drug I take when the brand has changed even though they are the same active drug chemical. Also keep an eye on the use-by dates, especially if you are cautious of running out and you make sure you have some stock in hand. I finished an old batch of mine and started the new batch which I'd got in a week or so in advance and they were out of date! Use-by dates on common, simple drugs are usually a long way in the future, so to be given ones that are practically out of date means they have been around for a long time.
Stanley, my Dad was given his first pills by the doctor when he was in his late 80s - aspirin and a cholesterol-lowering drug. He made a big fuss then and still does now. He keeps asking the doctor "I'm better now, so can I stop taking them?"
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 15:15
Since I first posted this back in 2004, I haven't paid this thread any further attention until now, Just recently (September) I have been diagnosed with Diabetes Type II but I have to inject insulin (Novamix 30) twice a day because of a heart condition I have.
My blood glucose levels were and still are all over the place. The ideal level, so they say, is anywhere between 4 and 6. When I was diagnosed my level was 25 and since then its been anywhere between 7 and 20, I just can't seem to get it any lower without omitting all together any carbohydrates. even with all the dietitian recommendations and changes to my diet it still refused to get to a lower level.
Now that this disease has become personal, I can honestly say that it sucks.
Per usual, all the things that I love, Bread, Spuds, Pasta etc are all now having to be rationed  what a bummer.
TTFN - Doc
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