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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 780817" data-attributes="member: 30007">I'm saying that, on the balance of probabilities, based on the information I can glean from far more sources than I have ever been able to before the internet, that there will be a cure, but I have no idea when it will come, and therefore, I strongly suspect it won't be in my lifetime.The initial focus will be on the vaccine, which has already undergone some levels of trials and can be given to everyone, both longer term T1s and young kids, and will have variable effects depending on the data that [USER=12578]@phoenix[/USER] posted earlier.What does it mean to me? Not a lot - I've been diabetic for 26 odd years and I too have heard the claims around "cures", however in that time, medical science and more importantly the genome project have advanced significantly, suggesting there is a much greater probability that something will happen. I can see the path that needs to be trodden, but I personally am unable to drive anything down that path. Were I a billionaire I would invest in this research.Yes. I would. If I'm standing on the edge of the cliff, I've put myself there deliberately and understand what the chances of me falling are. I therefore think that the chance that I might fall is low and would be focussing on enjoying the view whilst they worried about me falling. And if I fell? Well the cliff got me before the diabetes! And there is always a slim possibility that if I fell, I wouldn't die.Pessimism/realism might make life easier to bear but it makes it hard to make progress if all you see are the blockers.</blockquote>

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