It's another Mouse Medical Miracle!
Researchers at Tulane University (guess Katrina missed TU), used HUMAN bone marrow and successfully got the little mouse pancreas's of our diabetic furry experimental animals producing insulin.
Researchers injected a group of mice with human stem cells and after about three weeks the pancreas's in the mouses were found to be producing higher levels of mouse insulin . The control group of mouses who did not get the stem cell treatment continued to suffer the deadly affects of diabetes i.e. high blood sugar levels which result in blindness, heart disease, organ failure, neureopathy, gangrene, hypertension, baldness, alcoholism, bunions and the dreaded E.D.
This is the 5th announcement in a week having to do with miracles in the mouse medical arena. As is par for the course, I have not read about even 1 miracle or even minor miracle for the humans. At least humans were contributing to the diabetic mouse miracle by contributing stem cells.
I do wonder why the researchers had to use human stem cells versus using mouse stem cells. Of course if President Bush hears about this the first question he will as is WHERE did they get these stem cells. And if the answer isn't the "right" one then TU may have to go underground to continue their research.
The study was published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
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