Type 1 diabetes cure with stem cell

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Avatar n tn Dear butlergrad, I am a mom, with a 28 year-old son with type 1 diagnosed at eight. JDRF's fundraising goes to research for a cure. We have been at this from an original grass root beginning from about 20 couples over, I think, 25 years ago. Since then we have raised over $800,00 million dollars to fund this reseach. Mary Tyler Moore does know what she is talking about and completely believes in a cure sooner than later.
Avatar n tn can anyone explain how islet cell transplantation will hopefully cure type 1 diabetes, how the odds are currently and in the future to cure a reciepient and the side effects of the transplant? I am saving the cord bloodstem cells from my unborn son, due in 5 weeks, with the hope that one day it will hold the cure for my 4 yr old daughter. Thanks for your input all.
Avatar m tn d be more for looking into the stem cell stuff and all those other therapies. In addition to not having the money, with my autoimmune disorder, I just don't have the energy and would sacrifice being a good mom who plays and interacts with her child. Uh, okay, I went on enough... just well, wanted to share... I'm in a bit of a funk right now about a few things and i can't get my brain to focus so well on topic.
Avatar n tn I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13 in 1993. I had my first child at age 23 and my second child 23 months later. I used Cord Blood Registry with both of my deliveries and even though it is not 100% that I can ever use it to help cure my diabetes I feel so much better having done it.
Avatar n tn My daughter was diagnoised with Diabetes while she was going through Chemotherapy for Leukemia when she was 3. The chemo caused the diabetes and I was told that once the chemo was over that the diabetes would go away; well they were wrong!
Avatar f tn her findings, which raise the possibility that an inexpensive, readily available drug might effectively treat Type 1 or juvenile diabetes, challenge widespread assumptions. Many diabetes researchers insist that a cure lies instead in research on stem cells and islet cell transplants. Dr. Faustman's story, scientists say, illustrates the difficulties that creative scientists can have when their work questions conventional wisdom and runs into entrenched interests.
Avatar n tn That is why they are looking to couple it with adult or regular stem cell research. (Which thanks to a current U.S. President, is going no where for us at the moment).
Avatar m tn Great advice by CoWriter - follow it. Someday yes, stem cell may replace inoperable damaged organs but it's years away. BTW, what do you consider type 3 diabetes? T3 was not discovered until around 2005 yet you say "a type 3 diabetic for 20 yrs." What are you doing to control and manage your diabetes? What are your daily glucose levels?
961466 tn?1247550382 I'm not too sure but I hope so !
Avatar n tn The articles about stem cells are saying that stem cells could actually cure Dry AMD and other degenerative diseases in the near future. I don't know how it works so i can't understand if the myopic retinopathy is one of those diseases that stem cells would actually cure. Thank you.
Avatar f tn Yes. Someone with type 1 diabetes must take insulin daily and monitor and control their blood sugars very well if they are to stay alive and avoid complications of diabetes.
Avatar n tn Hi. My son 5years old he got ataxia when he was at age four now I began stem cell treatment they told me that steroid may make the cure more effected but the dose shall specify by steroids specialist which we don't have in Iraq can you give us advise about the type and dose(small,simple dose) of steroids for my kid.
Avatar m tn HGH controversies There is theoretical concern that GH treatment may increase the risks of diabetes, especially in those with other predispositions treated with higher doses. If used for use of training, growth at a young age (25 or less) can cause severe symptoms.
Avatar m tn org/wiki/Progenitor_cell A progenitor cell is a biological cell that, like a stem cell, has a tendency to differentiate into a specific type of cell, but is already more specific than a stem cell and is pushed to differentiate into its "target" cell. The most important difference between stem cells and progenitor cells is that stem cells can replicate indefinitely, whereas progenitor cells can divide only a limited number of times.
Avatar n tn a T-cell to make sure that a cell will not attack a healthy cell, if it does, it is sent for programmed cell death. In type 1 diabetes mellitus, T-cells that are programmed to destroy the islets of Langerhans, which produce insulin, evade the normal "checks-and-balances" and destroy all of the islets, resulting in diabetes.
Avatar m tn Hi Gaucho, I have been reading some about this and although I am not the science/medicine guru around here, I do believe stem cells hole real promise for a permanent cure. Is this wishful thinking? Possibly, but the work at Northwestern University looks hopeful. The researchers not only need to find a deterrent for MS by identifying the cause and halting new cases, but also a cure for those of us who already have this MiSerable disease.
Avatar f tn The cure for this is Bone Marrow or Stem Cell transplants. Fortunately we did not have to undergo that, but there are kids everywhere who do. Kids with cancer undergo Chemo to destroy their marrow and need to obviously replace it from a donor. We decided to donate our childrens cord blood for that exact reason, we knew that the cord blood would be tested and used to save a child in desperate need of stem cell transplant.
Avatar m tn Has anybody considered stem cell therapy to repair the damage done to the nervous system/brain? I had my decompression done 3 years ago and have been dealing with insomnia and central sleep apnea ever since. This leads me to believe that my brainstem/nervous system is damaged. Stem cells are obviously the only option to repair the damage... http://www.csfinfo.org/education/physician-information/repair-and-regeneration-central-nervous-system/.
1337734 tn?1336234591 I just cam home from a Stem cell treatment conference. The doctor who spoke discuses the stem cell surgery he performs in NY, LA and Miami. It is FDA approved. MS is one of the conditions he treats. He only uses your own stem cells taken from body fat. He claims positive results. I was very excited by his presentation but my hubby was skeptical.. I was wondering what info people can share with me about this topic.
Avatar n tn But many studies are working on cures for type 1 diabetes, and some are even doing human testing. One I know of was calling for human volunteers a few years ago -- it was working with proteins that had been discovered in lab animals to stimulate the animals to begin producing their own insulin when they were type 1 animals. The question being researched was whether people would respond the same way, by growing insulin-producing cells.