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beta cell islets
by acba, Jul 21, 2005 12:00AM
Why can't we take beta cell islets from a honeymooner and allow them to reproduce outside the body and then retransplant them back.
Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-Team-SS, Jul 21, 2005 12:00AM
Hello again,
Good question....
Visit the link below and you can search for more information using the term Edmonton protocol.
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=6354
This procedure has not been perfected and from what I understand, patients who have undergone this procedure have to take a lot of immunosupressive drugs that could have possible side effects.
I really do not have a lot of insight and knowledge as far as the scientific / medical side of all of the research being done and your question is a very good one. One would think that beta cells could be taken from a non-diabetic's pancreas, but ultimately, the CURE has to be better than the disease itself.
Please do search "Edmonton protocol"
Good question....
Visit the link below and you can search for more information using the term Edmonton protocol.
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=6354
This procedure has not been perfected and from what I understand, patients who have undergone this procedure have to take a lot of immunosupressive drugs that could have possible side effects.
I really do not have a lot of insight and knowledge as far as the scientific / medical side of all of the research being done and your question is a very good one. One would think that beta cells could be taken from a non-diabetic's pancreas, but ultimately, the CURE has to be better than the disease itself.
Please do search "Edmonton protocol"
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I'm another volunteer and a long-time diabetic.
One reason that "just putting in good cells" doesn't work for us is that the destruction of beta cells is the SYMPTOM of our underlying auto-immune dysfunction. Our systems would simply destroy the new beta cells they find.
The reseasrch into curing diabetes is so complex, in part, becuase there're a lotta things going on in our bodies, beyond our need to supplement with insulin. I'm convinced that the path to a cure will result from an integration of many research paths ... and that I'll get to hear that a cure has been found in my lifetime (I'm 50 now).
JDRF is aimed at Accelerating the Cure ... Just yesterday I was told that the goal is to condense 25 years of research into the next 5 years. If everyone with diabetes gave just $10 when the Walk for a Cure is in their area, we'd raise $160,000,000 this year... probably 5 years could be shrunk to 4 years. If we all got our pals to donate $10, too ...