tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post174374511885596996..comments2024-01-27T19:53:22.965-08:00Comments on Current Research into Cures for Type-1 Diabetes: JDRF Funding for a Cure 2016Joshua Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300553471793001620noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-41460280071231751432017-02-22T15:03:15.565-08:002017-02-22T15:03:15.565-08:00Hello Joshua, I am a clinical neurophysiologist, a...Hello Joshua, I am a clinical neurophysiologist, a medical educator, and clinical research director. I think your approach and application is exemplary in tying the problem solving together so that ideas flow into each other. This is rare. Well done and best of luck, Jay.Diogenes Cogitarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712373023205140422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-56461200595372983172017-02-22T15:01:19.847-08:002017-02-22T15:01:19.847-08:00Hello Joshua, I am a clinical neurophysiologist, a...Hello Joshua, I am a clinical neurophysiologist, a medical educator, and clinical research director. I think your approach and application is exemplary in tying the problem solving together so that ideas flow into each other. This is rare. Well done and best of luck, Jay.Diogenes Cogitarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712373023205140422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-55321319211109925292016-10-25T08:49:25.350-07:002016-10-25T08:49:25.350-07:00Joshua, I'm a big fan of yours and of this blo...Joshua, I'm a big fan of yours and of this blog - thank you for the incredible amount of time you put into synthesizing T1D research data into informative and up to date "cliff notes"! My 16 yr old son has T1D and I spend about 5-10 hours a week keeping up with the latest research- you certainly make it an easier and more productive endeavor!<br /><br />Best,<br />Kim (Atlanta)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-67695671492606724152016-10-16T13:59:48.053-07:002016-10-16T13:59:48.053-07:00Jens, please send me some email at publicjoshualev...Jens, please send me some email at publicjoshualevy at gmail dot com so I can hook you up with the right people. --JoshuaJoshua Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300553471793001620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-54906962334732130752016-10-14T02:24:30.059-07:002016-10-14T02:24:30.059-07:00Joshua,
We've been following your blog for a ...Joshua,<br /><br />We've been following your blog for a couple of years now: thanks so much for all the valuable insights you share. Our 10 year old daughter was diagnosed with T1D last December, but we were not surprised since she had taken part in TEDDY and Diamyd studies since she was 3 (her Doctor being Helena Larsson from Lunds University).<br /><br />In response to your description of JDRF's valuable contributions: I would like to get in touch with a senior officer at JDRF to offer them help - and this is NOT a commercial angle, but rather an attempt to contribute. My software company has a product that might be helpful for JRDF in terms of managing its portfolio of initiatives as well as follow through on its business plans, and we would offer this for free to JDRF.<br /><br />Being an old top management consultant, I would hope to get as close to the top at JDRF as possible, even to the level of Derek Rapp (seems like he is the right guy, since we share surname...) if you have any relationship with people in the leadership at JDRF that you could share in private? In that case, I would be grateful for your response to this.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Jens RappAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349609374444207183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-69651925563257472642016-10-09T16:50:12.189-07:002016-10-09T16:50:12.189-07:00I have published all the information on Merck'...I have published all the information on Merck's "Smart Insulin" that I have. In general I do not "sit on" information intentionally. It sometimes takes a few weeks for me to blog about something. (I'd rather blog slowly, carefully, and completely than quickly, poorly, and haphazardly.) <br /><br />Smart Insulin is a private, commercial research endeavor. The MK-2640 trial is <b>NOT</b> funded by JDRF. JDRF funded earlier research into the technique which became MK-2540. They deserve a lot of credit for getting Smart Insulin to where it is now, but they are not funding this specific trial. I'm simplifying a little bit here, but basically: there is no rule that says Merck must publish results or must publish them within a certain period of time. My experience is that they publish results that help their business and do not publish results that don't. But I also think it is very early for published results. Academic researchers often publish successful results within a year of finishing the research and commercial research can be much quicker (especially for smaller companies). But Merck is a big company, and the research just completed a few weeks ago.<br /><br />I know there is a lot of interest in Smart Insulin. Yours is not the only request for an update that I've gotten. I'm interested in it also. I'll certainly post when I know more. <br /><br />JoshuaJoshua Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300553471793001620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472921328078253036.post-12707164220056009452016-10-06T14:19:11.298-07:002016-10-06T14:19:11.298-07:00The study of Merck (MK-2640 - Phase I in healthy p...The study of Merck (MK-2640 - Phase I in healthy patients) about smart insulin was completed. However, I could not get the results or information about the progress.<br />Check it out: http://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/study.html?id=2640-001&ctry=United+States&st=CA<br />The JRDF funding this study. I sent an email to JRDF requesting information but no one answered.<br />I have (or had) a lot of hope in this study<br />Congratulations for your blog.Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105149257424826726noreply@blogger.com