Four Genuine, Potential Diabetes Cures

By: Robert L Brown

Over the past decades, much research has been made on type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This research has brought fascinating advances that have made a great impact on the way the disease is understood. Now, it also gives more insight and real progress towards the methods by which it can be cured.

With so much exciting information on these advances, it is sad that only a few people know about it. What is important to note is that although there is no known cure (as yet) that will completely rid one of diabetes, there have been breakthroughs on how both types can be regulated and effectively treated. What's more exciting is that type 1 diabetes researchers have discovered treatment methods that hold great promise in keeping the disease in check and tightly under control.

By performing pancreas transplants on patients with type 1 diabetes, some patients have been able to remain free of the need for routine insulin injections although in many cases these patients still require the use of immunosuppressive medications.

One other cure that has been touted to have great potential is the use of exogenous beta cells. An alternative would be the use of stem cells to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients. There is still the need, however, for the use of immunosuppressive medications in the long term as these treatments have the side effect wherein the immune system attacks the transplanted cells.

There is another promising potential cure associated with the use of nanotechnology. By using microscopic implants to inject insulin into the blood stream and monitor blood glucose levels consistently, diabetes could potentially be fully cured without the need for medication or surgery. This method is still mostly theory. Scientists are still performing research in this area and further advancements in technology are required.

Lastly, there is the amazing possibility of reversing type 1 diabetes through the use of anti-CD3 antibodies and pro-insulin peptides. When used together, these therapeutic medications have been proven effective in reversing type 1 diabetes in animal tests. The reversals are long lasting - with some lasting for over a year! Clinical trials for humans are the next step.

What is promising with the use of the last treatment is that it enables the introduction of beta cells into the pancreas without the danger of the body's immune system attacking them.

Much research still needs to be done in the area of diabetes cures. However, at the rate treatments are currently progressing, it seems likely that a cure for diabetes is not so far down the road.

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