A CURE FOR DIABETES?

    Are we close to a cure for diabetes? It seems that there is some success towards a cure to diabetes in a whole new direction. Till now much research has been done with the premise that diabetes is an auto-immune disorder, but new research suggests that diabetes is a neuropathic disorder. In a study performed with mice, the introduction of a "compound designed to circumvent the effect of reduced neurons in the pancreas" appeared to cure the diabetes in these mice.

    Wow! I pray this proves out in further scientific research. It seems more promising than even the stem cell transplantation that I had previously read and written about. The use of adult stem cells is also coming along. It is offered now to some in the USA and Canada according to some sites I have recently been doing research on.

    Islet transplantation is also showing some good results in combatting diabetes as well.

    But a cure? None of these has been perfected to the point of making that claim yet. I pray that one of them will. I hate taking 4-5 needles a day and poking my fingers that many times or more.

    Being a neuropathic disorder makes some sense to me too. I have had many things through my life that have been neuropathic, including epilepsy. If I am prone to neuropathic problems, and if diabetes proves to be a neuropathic disorder, my development of diabetes would not then be such a mystery.

    There is no genetic indication of diabetes in my family. My doctors have said I am not that overweight as to be a cause of my diabetes. Nonetheless, I am an insulin dependent diabetic. I look forward to a cure.

    For more information on these research areas follow the links below or google them under diabetes treatments, stem cells and diabetes, or many other combinations of key words.
　
http://www.informationaboutdiabetes.com/cure-diabetes-58.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18040485/ns/health-diabetes/t/stem-cell-experiment-lets-diabetics-forgo-insulin/

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1891122,00.html

Stem Cell Treatment For Diabetes in Germany !

Well, Christmas is over and the New Year has come. I have taken a bit of a hiatus during the season. I’ve gotten a new job after more than two months with no work and things are stabilizing at home once more. Now I can get back to blogging.

      I have not stopped reading and learning however, and one bit of information that has come to light in my research is that Germany is already using stem cell transplantation in relation to diabetes! I’ll tell you, if I could afford to go there, I would be on the first available flight!

     They are not only using stem cell transplantation for Type 1 diabetics as the research in Canada is doing, but for type 2 diabetes as well. What wonderful news!

     It is a five-day process that begins with taking the bone marrow from your hip. Your own bone marrow, which has no chance of rejection by your body and eliminates the need for anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life. This part of the process takes about 30 minutes and is done under only a local anesthetic. After the procedure you may return to your hotel or wherever you are staying and resume normal activities.

    On day 2 they separate the stem cells from the marrow in a government-approved laboratory. As I have said before, stem cells can become any cell in the body, in this application they are directed to the area they are needed, the pancreas.

     That is done on the third day of the process. To accomplish this stem cells are injected, via catheter, into the pancreatic artery. The catheter is a thin wire with a small hole in it that is fed from the femoral artery into the pancreatic artery using an x-ray scanning to guide the insertion. Alternatively the stem cells can be delivered intravenously for those who cannot be catheterized. This process takes about 90 minutes and requires two to three hours in the recovery room to make sure the injection site is not bleeding.

     For those with diabetic neuropathy a portion of the stem cells will be injected into the leg muscles. You will be required to stay for a fourth day as a safety measure and are able to go home on the fifth day.

      The results of the treatment, after following 50 patients, were that more than 50% of them showed improvement with 40% of patients being type 1 and 60% being type 2 diabetics.

         Improvements reported included more stable blood glucose levels, lower fasting blood glucose levels, decreased leg pain, lower blood pressure and the elimination of hypoglycemic episodes. Nearly 1 in 4 male patients regained erectile function.

     To learn more about this treatment do a search for Xcell-Center. There is an online evaluation, stories of others who have undergone the process, and  a link to their research information.

    In the meantime, you can do as I am doing and take matters into your own hands. I have started taking a product called StemEnhance whose function is to get your own body to release more of these body repairing cells to help your own body heal itself. Read about it through the link on the side. They have videos and explanations of their research as well.

     If I can release enough stem cells on my own, using this product, my body may be able to repair itself, or at the least improve. For me it may take longer than some because of multiple health problems. My income does not allow me to take as many in a day that I would like to.

     The recommended dosage is 2 a day for one in good health, but I would like to take 4 to 6 a day. One day I may be able to. In the meantime I have noticed an increase in energy.

     I have seen a friend of mine go from sleeping most days away (chronic fatigue syndrome) to becoming a very functional person. It used to be hard to have a conversation with her because her fatigue slowed her mental functions dramatically. Now she is a pleasure to have a conversation with. She also reports that her fibromyalgia symptoms have abated dramatically as well. And she is able to hold a job!

     Other testimonials on the site are dramatic too, but this I have seen with my own eyes, and experienced in my own body. And, as I have said before, if it is going to help get me maybe off insulin, or dramatically reduce the amount needed, I’m going for it! I hate needles!

Diabetes and The Promise of Stem Cells

I’d like to delve a little more into stem cell research in relation to disease and more specifically diabetes. I’d also like to make something clear, right from the start.

I am not in favor of embryonic stem cell research.

Further, reports I have read  indicate that the results of embryonic stem cell research are dismally poor and, in some cases, have had disastrous results. Several studies I read indicate the development of cancers from treatments with embryonic stem cells.

In contrast, research into disease and the use of adult stem cells is very encouraging to say the least. Most of the reports I have read deal with the introduction of the adult stem cells right into the affected area. Be that cartilage, liver, pancreas or whatever. I even read one study that showed regeneration in a damaged heart resulting from stem cell introduction.

In a process very similar to islet transplant procedures where islets, (which contain beta cells that produce insulin), are injected into the pancreas, (one must take anti-rejection drugs the rest of one’s life), adult stem cells are injected into the pancreas and have been shown to repair the damaged areas.

One study I read on this said that the injected stem cells were made to ‘glow’ through some technical process in order to track them. The results showed that the injected adult stem cells “became” the various pancreatic cells, including regrowth of islets and beta cells, and showed areas of repair done by the introduced cells.

For those with diabetes, (either type 1 or type 2), imagine being able to use your own stem cells, (thereby having no fear of rejection), to repair the damaged areas of the pancreas and start producing islets with their insulin producing beta cells. Allowing you to produce your own insulin once again and eliminating the need for any more shots.

Oh, I look for this day. My fingertips are sore. My belly has at least one or two bruises going all the time. The lows are awful, and fluctuation in my glucose levels makes my moods swing wildly at times. If I can, someday, have an injection that will effectively cure my diabetes, made from my own adult stem cells, I am right in line.

For now I take StemEnhance. It does not claim to be a cure of any kind, for anything. However studies show a relationship between stem cell production, and various health problems. This product only promises and has been proven to, increase the amount of stem cells ones own body produces and releases. If I can increase the amount of stem cells available to repair my body, I am going to do it.

The testimonials for those who take it are amazing, including some people I know personally, and can back up with personal observation. I have also read from numerous detractors, but none have convinced me that the concept is invalid. If you wish to know more, click on the link provided. Please view the video(s) on that site