Pig cell success stirs cure hope
Being injected with pig cells is not everyone’s idea of a health kick, but a Kiwi has stunned researchers seeking a cure for diabetes. »
Friday, Apr. 27, 2007
Friday, Oct. 6, 2006
A Diabetes breakthrough for kids
There is new hope for some children suffering from Type 1 diabetes. New genetic findings mean some children may be able to do without daily injections.
You’d never suspect six-year-old, Lilly Jaffe has a chronic illness. When she was just one month old when she was diagnosed with “type one” diabetes. Doctors believed her body couldn’t produce enough insulin to control her blood sugar. »
Friday, Sep. 15, 2006
Drug offers diabetes breakthrough
A drug that makes the body more sensitive to insulin can help prevent type 2 diabetes developing in high-risk patients, new research has shown. »
Monday, Sep. 11, 2006
Scientific Miracle unfolds for diabetic girl
When Lilly Jaffe, 6, gleefully disconnected her insulin pump from her hip last month, her mother, Laurie, forced herself to be brave. »
Friday, Mar. 24, 2006
Scientists Hold Out Hope for Diabetes Cure
Three groups of scientists report today that they independently replicated a controversial finding: Severely diabetic mice can recover on their own if researchers squelch an immune system attack that is causing the disease. »
Friday, Mar. 17, 2006
Diabetes fight breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Calgary have made a breakthrough by growing much-needed insulin-producing cells, which could help cure patients suffering from the worst strain of diabetes. »
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006
Hope for diabetes cure reported: cells produce insulin
If a new finding by Burnham Institute and UCSD scientists holds true, millions of diabetics could someday drastically reduce their dependence on drugs and perhaps even have a cure. »
Monday, Feb. 20, 2006
Pig cells can cure diabetes
While many consider pigs a cure for hunger, they could also harbor the key to curing Type 1 diabetes, say researchers at the University of Minnesota. »
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006
Diabetes May Be Cured In 10 Days
A new cell transplant method has been developed by UK based scientists which will enable the cure of diabetes within 10 days. High doses of anti-rejection drugs are used for cell transplant as at present which may endanger the lives of children. »
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006
Diabetes cure may lie in the brain
Researchers have discovered that the animal brain plays a much bigger role in normal blood sugar control than previously believed, paving the way for new strategies that target the molecules involved in the brain’s response to insulin, that may prove beneficial in the management of diabetes in humans. »
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005
New drugs breakthrough for diabetes
Drugs which could provide a breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes are being developed by scientists at the University of Ulster and are nearly ready for clinical trials. »
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005
Transplant survivor, 11, pushes for diabetes cure
It was supposed to be a vacation. But the Caribbean cruise turned into a nightmare last January for the Slusser family of Park City. »
Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2005
12 y.o. to lobby US senate on disease research
Tilly Dunne is flying to Washington this weekend in an attempt to raise international awareness of a disease she has lived with since the age of two. »
Saturday, May. 28, 2005
Walk to Cure Diabetes
After raising pledges, approximately 200 people took advantage of beautiful weather Saturday morning to take part in the Walk to Cure Diabetes, starting from the Bondar Pavilion, along the Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk to the Canal and back again. »