Thursday, November 11, 2004

Potential Cure for Diabetes

It is inexpensive and works in mice. Diabetes is essentially an autoimmune disease in which white blood cells start attacking and killing the islet cells. A cheap, off-patent drug can be used to kill the errant white cells. And it seems that new islet cells are generated by the spleen and migrate into the pancreas and set up shop. Human trials are in the near future.

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