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Indian-origin researcher’s breakthrough could find cure for cancer and diabetes

Well I read it and it says NOTHING.

It is all theory and none of the mechanisms are understood and IF a possible cure comes out of it were talking 20+ years down the line from now, and I don't see the connection with fasting other than stop growth hormones which will not stop cancer plus many on here fast so nothing new either.
 
Knikki said:
Well I read it and it says NOTHING.

It is all theory and none of the mechanisms are understood and IF a possible cure comes out of it were talking 20+ years down the line from now, and I don't see the connection with fasting other than stop growth hormones which will not stop cancer plus many on here fast so nothing new either.
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So you don't predict a future where genetically modified, disease resistant mice outlive cockroaches & dominate the globe by lulling us into a false sense of hope, then? ;)
 
Seems to me like yet another attempt to find a pharmaceutical solution to a dietary problem.

That is assuming this is all about insulin resistant diabetes, which it appears to be. I haven’t listened to the audio though.
 
Robinredbreast said:
Good morning, I was told 30 years ago a 'cure' was on the horizon................and I'm still waiting :rolleyes:
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Quote;- This research team has discovered a hidden metabolic advantage that prevents people with a specific type of dwarfism from developing Type 2 Diabetes or cancer. Thread title is a little misleading too.
 
Interestingly there’s already a cure for T2DM...stop eating garbage. Seems a whole lot easier :shifty:
 
Robinredbreast said:
Quote;- This research team has discovered a hidden metabolic advantage that prevents people with a specific type of dwarfism from developing Type 2 Diabetes or cancer.

Thread title is a little misleading as to the type, edited. And as far as I know, there is no cure..............
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Seems the OP has a history of posting this sort of thing, cures and could cure, possible cures of diabetes.
 
Does it matter where the person originates?
 
A lot of people were very sceptical of Banting's idea, and look where that led..

I don't knock any research. Most of it will be dead ends and blind alleys, some will fill in a few missing pieces here and there, some will identify areas which aren't worth looking at any more, and it all adds to the sum of human knowledge one way or another.

I'm not banking on a cure in my lifetime, but it's amazing how in all fields solutions can just spring from the most unlikely sources.
 
Actually an interesting read I did know previously that people with Laron Dwarfism do not develop cancers I did not know that was also true for diabetes.

 
@Scott-C A fair point and I don't knock research either however the head line plus the article as for as I am concerned really do not say anything. It is for the moment a pipe dream and a theory.
 
Jaylee said:
So you don't predict a future where genetically modified, disease resistant mice outlive cockroaches & dominate the globe by lulling us into a false sense of hope, then? ;)
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Did you know that humans and mice share about 90%+ the same DNA?

So who knows and you never know the Hitchhikers Guide could well be a prelude to future ;)
 
Knikki said:
It is for the moment a pipe dream and a theory
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This of course holds true for every major discovery or break through.

To say that this is no help to me now so it is not worth pursuing is a little short sighted it is sometimes necessary to look to the long term and the benefit of future generations.
 
Knikki said:
Did you know that humans and mice share about 90%+ the same DNA?
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Flippin mice always seem to get the most cutting edge treatment before us mere humans do, and I bet ya none of them have ever paid taxes...
 
Scott-C said:
Flippin mice always seem to get the most cutting edge treatment before us mere humans do, and I bet ya none of them have ever paid taxes...
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But most pay with their lives............... animal testing, bless all of them <3
 
Robinredbreast said:
But most pay with their lives............... animal testing, bless all of them <3
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Indeed. If you've got a kindle, Thea Cooper's book Breakthrough, about the discovery of insulin, has got some really touching stuff about the close relationship between Banting, who seemed to be quite a stand-offish chap, and dog 92, Marjorie, who seems to have been the first to show his methods were working, but then had to die to prove the concept.

He made a point of telling all his patients how grateful they should be to that dog. And us too.

Here's a quote from him:

"I shall never forget that dog as long as I shall live,” Banting wrote of Dog 92 in 1940, “…when that dog died I wanted to be alone for the tears would fall despite anything I could do.”

http://www.breakthroughthebook.com/blog/2010/08/insulin-in-its-infancy-dogs-and-diabetes/
 
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