Fixing diabetic neuropathy may mean targeting the support ce

[CollieBoy]

Some intersting research:
To Fix Diabetic Nerve Damage, Blood Vessels and Support Cells May Be the Real Targets of Treatment, Hopkins Study Suggests

Impaired neurovascular repair in subjects with diabetes following experimental intracutaneous axotomy
Gigi J. Ebenezer, Ryan O'Donnell, Peter Hauer, Nicholas P. Cimino, Justin C. McArthur and Michael Polydefkis
Brain (2011) 134 (6): 1853-1863.

 

[Patch]

Re: Fixing diabetic neuropathy may mean targeting the suppor

Interesting - but your body can only repair itself with whatever "building blocks" it has at hand...

 

[alaska]

Re: Fixing diabetic neuropathy may mean targeting the suppor

I thought it was common knowledge that much of the damage to organs as a result of diabetes, is a consequence of damage of the small blood vessels to/within these organs. Damage to small blood vessels can damage nerves, the retina, the kidneys, the main complications we hear talked about.

One take on this story
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623174240.htm