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Four Genuine, Potential Diabetes Cures

For several decades now, much research has been made on a disease that has debilitated many - diabetes. Research on type 1 and type 2 diabetes has produced amazing and genuine progress in terms of a real understanding of the disease as well as advancements on how it is treated.

However, much of this new knowledge is fairly unknown to most people. And while there currently is no way to fully cure diabetes, several methods of treatment have proved successful in controlling and treating both types. Type 1 diabetes researchers have made a number of significant advancements with several potential cures being successfully used to stop the progression of the disease.

For one, pancreatic transplants have yielded great results for patients with type 1 diabetes. Some patients have broken free of the need for regular insulin injections. However, it is to be noted that in most cases, these patients still need to take immunosuppressive medications.

One other cure that has been touted to have great potential is the use of exogenous beta cells. An alternative would be the use of stem cells to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients. There is still the need, however, for the use of immunosuppressive medications in the long term as these treatments have the side effect wherein the immune system attacks the transplanted cells.

A third treatment option which holds great possibilities is the use of tiny implants to monitor blood glucose levels. Known as nanotechnology, these implants have the ability to regularly check the patient's glucose levels and inject insulin into the blood stream whenever this is needed. This advancement has the potential to "cure" diabetes without the patient having to undergo surgery or medication. However, there is much that needs to be threshed out with this technology, as much of this advancement still is on the theoretical side.

A more recent finding in the area of type 1 diabetes cures has been made. In trials that have been performed, anti-CD3 antibodies and proinsulin peptides have been used together as therapy. This combination has been to reverse type 1 diabetes in animal tests that were performed and plans are being made to perform human clinical trials using this method. In animal testing trials, this combination has been successful in producing a long lasting reversal of type 1 diabetes of over a year's length.

What makes this last treatment the most promising as a potential diabetes cure is that it teaches the body's immune system to tolerate beta cells in the pancreas rather than attacking them.

Much research still needs to be done in the area of diabetes cures. However, at the rate treatments are currently progressing, it seems likely that a cure for diabetes is not so far down the road.

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