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? …
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…
One thing about the ADA Conference last month that I haven’t gotten around to reporting: You wouldn’t believe the jockeying for position by these Big Pharma companies around all the research announcements. What from the outside looks like a bunch of meaningful academic pursuits is in truth pure gold data that fuels streams of business. So when results are announced, they’ve got to make the right impression the first time.
Allow me to explain a…