Thursday, March 22, 2007

Diabetes Cure- A Dream Or A Reality?

As the number of diabetes cases steadily grows, those diagnosed
and involved in the care of diabetes patients have elected to
focus on three options: prevent, cure and provide better care
for those afflicted.

Many look to prevent diabetes by organizing programs that
educate and bring public awareness to the various aspects of
diabetes. By reaching the masses and bringing this awareness,
those who heed the value of the message can keep themselves
from becoming one of the millions of sufferers.

Stopping complications of diabetes are some of the reasons why
so much research is done today all over the world. Even with
daily insulin shots, can type 1 diabetes patients still develop
complications. Sometimes with good sugar control the process of
deterioration continues to go on. The diabetes industry had to
try finding alternative ways to curb the problem.

Special groups raise millions of dollars every year to help
fund research for a diabetes cure in the hope that soon, loved
ones will no longer be ravaged by its complications. Advances
in technology continue to help provide better care for those
who suffer from the complications of diabetes and make life a
happy healthy journey.

Alternative Approaches to Curing Diabetes Also Being Pursued:

•Pancreas cell transplants. Doctors are transplanting islet
cells from a donor pancreas to provide a cure for some
patients.

•Development of artificial pancreas cells

•Genetic manipulation with fat and/or muscle cells that don’t
normally make insulin, yet are able to do so when a human
insulin gene is inserted

Each of these approaches presents a unique challenge. Be it
preventing the rejection of the procedure by the immune system
itself to finding an adequate number of insulin cells and
keeping them alive, rest assured that each challenge is being
met with progress and great strides are consistently being made
in the search for a cure to diabetes.

Although much have been done so far, the challenge of finding a
cure for most of the diabetic patients out there is still wide
open

About The Author: This content is provided by Dr Pieter de Wet
a general practitioner and in practice for 20 years.It may be
used only in its entirety with all links included. Get your
diabetes & diabetes symptoms advice at
http://www.thediabetesdoc.com

John V

John C. Vincent/CEO/The Opt.In Magic System
http://The-Way-To-Weight-Loss-blog.blogspot.com
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