Comments on: Reversing Autoimmunity: Can the DRI Do It? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/02/reversing_autoi.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:05:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Penny http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/02/reversing_autoi.html/comment-page-1#comment-37512 Penny Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:46:59 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/02/27/reversing-autoimmunity-can-the-dri-do-it/#comment-37512 Thank you for sharing that. It makes me feel good to know that others are working every day to help my son and the others that deal with this disease. Thank you for sharing that.

It makes me feel good to know that others are working every day to help my son and the others that deal with this disease.

]]> By: Rob http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/02/reversing_autoi.html/comment-page-1#comment-37509 Rob Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:34:41 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/02/27/reversing-autoimmunity-can-the-dri-do-it/#comment-37509 You said: "DM) In your opinion, what is the most promising approach to islet cell transplants currently being studied at the DRI? By promising, I mean closest to actually being available to mainstream patients within the next 5 to 10 years?" A New Zealand based company called Living Cell Technology is beginning human clinical trials of an encapsulated porcine islet cell transplant (announced within the last couple of weeks). If you are looking for the best near-term hope, this is probably it. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.australianinvestor.com.au/NewsFeed_news.asp?id=28900" rel="nofollow">http://www.australianinvestor.com.au/NewsFeed_news.asp?id=28900</a> You said:
“DM) In your opinion, what is the most promising approach to islet cell transplants currently being studied at the DRI? By promising, I mean closest to actually being available to mainstream patients within the next 5 to 10 years?”

A New Zealand based company called Living Cell Technology is beginning human clinical trials of an encapsulated porcine islet cell transplant (announced within the last couple of weeks). If you are looking for the best near-term hope, this is probably it.

http://www.australianinvestor.com.au/NewsFeed_news.asp?id=28900

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