Got this document from the CEO of Kinexum/Exsulin Co. Stay hopeful!
7695-Exsulin3Page.doc (298 KB)
Well, it’s half the picture.
What worries me is that the appearance of large numbers of islet cells would no doubt provoke our immune systems into attacking again. I don’t know that perpetual inflammation of the pancreas and activation of a malfunctioning part of our immune system is necessarily a good thing. Personally, I’m pinning more hope on Living Cell Technology’s DiabeCell product, the encapsulated islets that do not allow the immune system to mount an attack on the islets.
But if these people or someone else can come up with a way to turn that nasty immune system defect off, this drug seems much more promising.
I hate to say this and sound like so many non-diabetics we all know, but in the last couple of years I have seen some truly remarkable progress and I feel as if I might actually not reach the end of my life with an insulin pump attached to me.
I think it will eventually happen sooner or later as long as the economy doesn’t interfere with these company’s getting funding. Many approaches are in the works to combat this monster. I’ve been in touch with the CEO of Kinexum/Exsulin since last year. She told me her grandmother died from diabetes comps and her father was recently diagnosed with type 2 so she is personally motivated to get their therapy commercialized. Not sure about you but I’ve had more then enough already. I’m tired of feeling mentally and physically disturbed. I get bad mood swings especially from the elevated sugars even more so then the lows. It doesn’t even have to be that high for me to feel awful. Even if they guaranteed me I would never develope secondary comps I’d still be miserable.