Comments on Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human: Potential Surgical Treatment for Type II Diabetes

Eh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. And it is ...

2007-08-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

Eh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. And it is admittedly a weak possibility.

You must not have looked very hard. I got this in...

2007-08-30T14:55:00.000-07:00

You must not have looked very hard. I got this in two minutes on Google. It is from a press release put out by the American Diabetes Association promoting an overturning of the Bush policy:
"Stem cell research allows scientists to better explore how to control and direct stem cells so they can grow into other cells, such as insulin-producing beta cells found in the pancreas. Creating new beta cells
could mean a cure for type 1 diabetes as they would serve as a
replenishable source of cells for islet cell transplantation. They could also provide a powerful tool for controlling type 2 diabetes."

"Embryonic Stem Cell Research Offers Great Promise for Americans with Diabetes"

Really? I've been googling around those search te...

2007-08-30T14:40:00.000-07:00

Really? I've been googling around those search terms and finding very little on it except at right to life sites and foreign scam clinics. Nothing to substantiate the claims being made that it's a serious solution to type II diabetes.

Do you have references?

I know that markh. But I often hear talk of ES cel...

2007-08-30T10:43:00.000-07:00

I know that markh. But I often hear talk of ES cells helping this kind, too. I have come to believe that ESCR has become a mythical new snake oil, cure all. Not among scientists, but in many areas of media and among the public. That is one reason I post entries such as this one.

Thanks again for coming by and contributing to SHS.

Type II diabetes Wes, not type I. It's unlikely E...

2007-08-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

Type II diabetes Wes, not type I. It's unlikely ES cells would be valuable for Type II diabetes since they are insulin insensitive.

It's an interesting result though, it suggests some endocrine role of the stomach, if anything, that is disrupting insulin sensitivity of tissues - especially because the effect is so rapid.