preventing juvenile diabetes
WHAT WILL IT TAKE to prevent a lifelong need for insulin injections in those destined to develop childhood diabetes by their immune system's overactivity?
Results in remarkable animal trials using stem cells from fat already point the way.
These animals, treated with adult stem cells after damage to their insulin-making cells, have shown major protection from the onset of diabetes.
While they cannot talk to us, their sugar levels tell the story. Removal of stem cells from their fat and injection into their veins took mere moments, yet led to protection lasting months in many cases.
The Cell Therapy Foundation is working to find support for testing this therapy in children facing a lifetime with diabetes.
IT WILL TAKE $800,000 to conduct the first trial of this therapy in humans.
IT WILL TAKE 10 with diabetic children who wish to prevent the onset of this disease in their brothers or sisters.
IT WILL TAKE YOU. The patients are waiting. The clinical investigators are ready. The rest is up to YOU. Please contribute. Some whom you love, and many others, are depending on your generosity for a chance to prolong their life without daily insulin injections.