Researchers in Brazil may be on the road to a possible cure for a form of diabetes by using a procedure that does not involve medication. The sticking point is that the procedure relies on stem cell therapy which is a hot button issue in several countries like the U.S. Nevertheless, the Brazilian researchers who wrote about their findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association are confident that their work has shown promise.A cure for Type-1 diabetes would be very useful, especially for Latin Americans who are increasingly suffering from diseases relating to obesity.
Links- Cosmos, Boston Herald, Scientific American, The Latin Americanist
Image- howstuffworks (Man injecting himself with insulin in order to treat diabetes)
1 comment:
Type 1 diabetes is not related to obesity. You're thinking of Type 2. Entirely different disease, entirely different cure.
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