Current Research into Cures for Type-1 Diabetes

This blog posting contains two different new items, with a short note on each: The One That Got Away The first article covers some work ...

First, a discussion about naming.  In the past, I've referred to this treatment as the "Burt" treatment, because that was the...

News About Diabetes News The biggest diabetes research meeting in the world is the American Diabetes Assoication (ADA) Science Sessions, w...

This blog post contains general background information on four types of stem cell research.  I'm writing it because the term "stem ...

Alefacept Starts a phase-II Clinical Trial This study is also called "T1DAL", which I'm sure is pronounced "tidal"....

First, a little background.   The "Burt" clinical trial in Brazil is one of the very few clinical trials which has actually cured ...

Dr. Gitelman at UCSF has started a Phase-II human trial aimed at using ATG to cure (or lessen) type-1 diabetes. The goal of this study is ...

Here is my list of Best News of 2008 in Clinical Trials to Cure Type-1 Diabetes. I've based this list on these simple rules: The best n...

I've gotten a couple of questions about Burt's research, which is being done in Brazil. Below is my update on this research, togeth...