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| 2004-03-01 |
| Pigs May Hold Key to Diabetes A breakthrough experiment using embryonic pig insulin cells could lead to a new treatment for diabetes. In a study at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers took pig cells from very young embryos and transplanted the cells into diabetic rats. The rats, even without drugs to prevent immune rejection, adopted the pig cells as their own and produced their own insulin. If the procedure works in humans, it could not only treat but potentially cure diabetes. The rats continued to produce insulin via the pig cells for the rest of their lives. "We envision this technology as a means to replace insulin in type 1 diabetic humans using pig insulin -- which works just fine in humans," said Dr. Marc Hammerman, a professor of renal diseases in medicine at Washington University and leader of the study, published in the April issue of The American Journal of Physiology -- Endocrinology and Metabolism. ...more... Anyone taking bets? |
| Posted by:.com |
| #6 LOL, YS. The answer depends on whether you are a prince or a pauper, a Sunni or Shiite, a Wahhabi or a wannalive. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-1 3:35:37 PM |
| #5 What will diabetic muzzzlums do? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-3-1 2:26:21 PM |
| #4 Four Wet Pigs Here's a little song about four wet pigs Here's a little song about four wet pigs Two of 'em little and two of 'em big They danced all night at the Pigtown Jig The two that were little were just half-grown The two that were big were big as a barn Big as a barn and tall as a tree Took 'em right down to the factory Slice 'em into bacon, chop 'em into ham Roll 'em into hot dogs, squeeze 'em into Spam™ Throw their little eyes out in the rain Pickle their feet and scramble their brains Here's a little song about two wet pigs Standin' by the slop trough, smokin' their cigs Hopin' to God that they never get big They danced all night at the Pigtown Jig |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-3-1 2:22:47 PM |
| #3 So Homer was right? The pig *IS* a magical animal! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-1 2:19:44 PM |
| #2 May cure diabetes? Was it not enough to simply be delicious? Thank you, piggies, for the crispy goodness you send me each day. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-3-1 2:01:19 PM |
| #1 I doubt that the Nigerians are interested in being cured. I can't see many of them dying of diabetes anyway. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-1 1:43:22 PM |