With all the talk about mice in cure research (over 2 million results for “mice diabetes research” on Google!), you might think there is absolutely no way for you — a human — to participate in the magic of modern science. But there are actually a lot of studies going on right now that need participation from PWDs with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Worried about risking your health on something too experimental? …
As reported yesterday, the JDRF Capitol Chapter hosted their first annual research summit in Bethesda, MD, on Saturday. Just days before, the staff reported that they were expecting more than 400 people. Not bad! The line-up included talks on the rise of type 1 diabetes, preventing type 1, the latest in artificial pancreas technology, and why human studies are crucial for the next steps in research.
I sat alongside several other D-bloggers, including Scott Strumello,…
Partnerships between multiple universities or institutions are not so uncommon in research, but when’s the last time you heard of an entire state coming together to cure a disease? Earlier this month, the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic, together forming the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, announced a formal 10-year-long partnership to cure diabetes which they’ve named, “Decade of Discovery: A Minnesota Partnership to Defeat Diabetes.”
The goal is to raise…
Embryonic stem cell research has huge potential toward a cure for diabetes. OK, I said it. If you find this topic too upsetting, you can opt out now and don’t bother reading the rest of this post…
Strides are being made in turning stem cells into functioning beta cells, and some really exciting news coming out of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) is the possibility of turning stem cells into beta cells…
From the “Weird and Wonderful” File:
Another booth I happened upon last month while visiting the Children with Diabetes conference in Orlando definitely stopped me in my tracks: dental stem cells for diabetes?! Could someone be seriously running a business on this concept when the science is far from mature?
Turns out the Store-A-Tooth™ booth was run by a Provia Laboratories, a Lexington, MA-based outfit offering a new service for preserving the stem cells found…