No more daily jabs or endless blood tests... The 30-minute op to give diabetics their lives back

[Joe Chi Minh]

Source: Daily Mail (UK)

Around 1,000,000 Britons need insulin injections to control their diabetes and prevent dangerous hyperglycaemic attacks.

A new form of transplant could mean the end of that.

Richard Lane OBE, 66, a company director and president of Diabetes UK, was one of the first in Britain to have the pioneering treatment. He talks to CAROL DAVIS.




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259886/The-30-minute-op-diabetics-lives-back.html

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This is an article in today's (UK) Daily Mail describing a breakthrough in the treatment of type of type 1 diabetes. I think they expect to make further progress on it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1259886/The-30-minute-op-diabetics-lives-back.html

What a comical-sounding concluding sentence! It doesn't mean that people with private health cover would be denied the free treatment. Those durned death panels!

[kanrok]

1. HOAX!

No way that a country with Universal health care can muster the scientific knowledge to develop new technology!

Sarcasm off.

Terrific news.

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. Tee hee!

[mitchtv]

3. hardly a new procedure

islets of Langerhorn I believe

[Proletariatprincess]

4. This is very good news for those who suffer from this disease.

I have come to expect all new medical breakthrus like this one to come from other more civilized countries nowadays. Many brilliant medical researchers left the USA when Bush declared war on science and have found better homes elsewhere in the civilized world.
In the USA, if it isn't profit driven, it isnt worth studying.

[Jennicut]

5. I am a type 1. I would love to take less insulin and have less lows. It is a horrible feeling.

Shaky, sweaty, and an overall feeling of weakness. Never passed out completely though I did have a low of 26 once. Thankfully, it was on vacation with my parents and my Mom got me some help.
A transplant that would eventually eliminate the insulin all together is huge but even with islet cell transplantation cutting back on some insulin would be great. But I bet the cost here would be outrageous.

[eShirl]

6. considering the long-term complications of diabetes, it would probably be cost effective

imo

[Jennicut]

7. You know, you are right. It costs me $150 a month for all my insulin, test strips, needles, etc.

It probably would be less then year after year of paying for all this stuff.