Diabetes breakthrough
Tom Blackwell at National Post - Toronto scientists have cured diabetes in mice by injecting a substance that masks pain receptors in the pancreas. No telling yet whether this will work on humans, but hopefully it will. [slashdot]
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.
"I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."
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The islet inflammation cleared up and the diabetes was gone. Some have remained in that state for as long as four months, with just one injection.
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