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Thanks phoenix - I don't really use social network sites much but listening to what Allie says SHe ha s a lot of very perinent points - I still haven't heard anyone mention Amylin - even the name of this peptide is tainted with the pathological process it ls renowned for in type 2 - coming from...

Hmmm 340 views and only a handful of cemments (much appreciated BTW :) ) I wonder why? - is it that - it could be that the mass of evidence out there is beyond reach(low sinal to noise ratio) or it may be that I am not making myself clear please let me know what you think. Here is a sample...

Hi there "cure" is very emotive.... what they did was to target muscle in hind legs to both produce AND to regulate insulin thus serving to regulate blood glucose levels. They did this by inserting the gene for a glucokinase AND insulin. I have not read the full article myself as I cannot...

thanks iHs I have read and thought about it and believe that most of the info there is based on a brilliantly comprehensive article that was published by: - this article, published in 2003 tries to draw together knowledge about the place of Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF) in the...

That's because you don't understand risk; lower risk does not mean "invincible" Thanks Mr Brennan for your for your comment - I love the scepticism and view it as healthy. I think you misunderstand me; insulin manufacture, storage and release is normally controlled by tight homeostatic...

Hi Vampix and Ryan - I have just joined today :) I have T1 since aged 8 and I have a lot of creative and "clever" people in the family - which equates to we all struggle to differing levels socially and with the mundane things in life! I have recently been diagnosed with Asperger's but in fact...

Hi World. This my first post. I have typeI for 40 years. My brother has had for 20 years. My Mum had insulin on diagnosis in her 40s. I am a health professional and shocked with the realisation that - I suffer from Aspergers syndrome and currently a very severe depression which a kind colleague...