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Related: About this forumNew discovery could lead to breakthrough in treating diabetes
Researchers say cells can be manipulated to create insulin for the body
By Christopher Maynard
01/04/2019 | ConsumerAffairs
A recent study suggests that consumers who are diabetic may one day be able to go through life without actively having to manage their blood sugar with medication.
Experts at the University of Bergen say they have discovered a way for cells to alter their identities so that healthy cells can more easily make up for lack of production from damaged insulin cells. Researcher Luiza Ghila says all that is required is some start-up help to make it happen.
We are possibly facing the start of a totally new form of treatment for diabetes, where the body can produce its own insulin, Ghila said.
Changing cell identity
The researchers made the discovery while analyzing cells in the pancreas, the organ where cells that regulate blood sugar are produced. They found that approximately two percent of cells in the pancreas were able to change their identity.
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JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)and I'm hoping this breakthrough will also help Teddy, my diabetic cat.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Will probably be bought by insulin makers and buried...
Bayard
(22,107 posts)Will it help Type 1 diabetics?
localroger
(3,629 posts)As PaulX2 points out this wouldn't help Type II at all. Although there is a subpopulatoin of late-onset diabetics who are not actualy Type II; this form is poorly understood and is called MODY for Mature Onset Diabetes of the Young.
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)For years. There are other factors like weight and exercise, but there are type 2 marathon runners. It's the sugar / carbs.
I heard some type II diabetics have 7 times as much insulin as a regular person.
It's resistance not lack of insulin in most / almost all cases.
I'm doing the Keto diet and my blood sugar is like 100 to 105 always.
Stop eating carbs. Your body can make all it needs from fat.
Next A1C I won't be diabetic any more. From 12.7 to under 6.0.
It's the carbs, not the lack of pills.