2006-06-13 18:21:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Being type I, I have only read up on that field. Recent advancements include -
1. Closed loop insulin pumps
The technology for real-time continuous glucose monitors and programmable insulin pumps already exists, however no-one has managed to get them to talk to each other yet. Research has been done into the ideal polymers to make all-in-one models, but as far as I know, no actual closed loop pumps exist within the research community. Part of the problem is that the real time meters still need to be calibrated independently with separate blood sugar monitoring up to four times a day, which makes them almost redundant.
2. Islet cell implantation
Donated cells are never going to be the answer, as there's not enough to go round. Currently, anti-rejection drugs are problematic as they suppress the body's natural defences and increase the risk of cancers etc. Stem cell research may resolve this - cells which differentiate very early on in development and preferably from your own body shouldn't be rejected, hence no need for drugs to suppress your immune system. However, research is being suppressed by the American government - presumably the pro-life lobbyists are an important part of the electorate.
One or the other should be developed and through phase III trials in the next ten years, but you need to keep working on your blood sugar until then. Most of the vaccines are, by definition, aimed at preventing diabeted developing (including type I) rather than curing it. As an aside, a drug called ruboxistaurin was submitted to the FDA last year, which blocks a subset of a protein called PKC, thought to be the mediator of vascular damage caused by prolonged hyperglycaemia. Studies have shown some improvement in retinopathy and nephropathy - however, the study has shown no effect on neuropathy. Ely-Lilly, the pharmaceutical company, have gone a little on the quiet side about it since August last year, but they were hoping to have it approved and launched in the near future.
2006-06-19 11:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Sian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-17 13:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by Wallace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are always 'discoveries' to help diabetics improve their quality of life. Of course it all depends on which type of diabetes is present. The physiological presentations between type 1 and type 2 do differ somewhat.
Most of the tentative cures they find are for those who were diagnosed with in the last two years though, and usually for type 1. The most up-to-date info I get, (to help me understand my fiance), comes from the Diabetes Healthcenter Online. The most recent progress I heard was transplanting pancreas cells from monkeys or pigs. (this was for those diagnosed within a couple of years and for type 1 and required immune suppressant drug therapy) Check out an article about it here:
http://diabetes.healthcentersonline.com/newsstories/transplantedanimalcellsreversediabetes.cfm
Take a look at the whole site, you may find it helpful.
2006-06-13 19:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jenn V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just saw a newstory on one of the national evening news stations a couple of days ago on that. It was saying that a vaccine and in trial so far a cure for one particular kind of diabetes had been test proven and is headed to FDA for approval. They also commented they expect to discover the same for all types eventually through the same process. If I remember right, it had something to do with a protein they isolated.
2006-06-13 18:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-14 11:04:14 · answer #7 · answered by J J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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