Guest guest Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 This is just an FYI at this point, I'm a little surprized that it hasn't been mentioned on this board but then again it's a topic that is so new it may not be worthy of mentioning. From the Feb 2005 issue of the magazine " Diabetes Forecast " published by the ADA In summary, researchers from 12 medical centers across the USA and Can. have published a report of their work with the Edmonton Protocol in transplanting islet cells from deceased doners into the portal veins of the recipients livers. Eighty-six of the procedures were done. Twenty-eight received one infusion, Forty-four received two infusions and Fourteen received three infusions. Six months afterward sixty-one percent of the receipients no longer needed injections of insulin. After a year fifty-eight percent of the recipients no longer needed injections of insulin. Of the eighty-six, there was 45 complications related to the transplants like bleeding, infections, and high liver enzymes. The research was funded by the national Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and is part of a project called the " Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry. More info at www.citregistry.org Research is being done but the pace as usual is slow and as knowledge is difficult to gain. But, maybe there is something being developed that could help any and/or all of us. Best wishes, Poncho - GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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