Over the pas
t several decades, there have been four major diabetes foundations concerned with type 1 issues – the JDRF, the ADA, DRIF and Joslin. There has been a combined total of 250+ years of experiments between these organizations put together and as we are all aware, there is currently no cure for type 1, nor is there one on the horizon.
There are different reasons for why that is, but one of the main ones is that although the vast majority of money donated towards these organizations is for cure research, only 35 out of 330 clinical trials currently taking place are targeting a cure – and even fewer address the JDCA’s definition of a Practical Cure.
As a reminder, our Practical Cure definition states:
For at least 1 year, a cure must:
- Not require blood glucose monitoring beyond once a week
- Not require carb counting
- Not restrict a patient’s diet
- Allow patients to sleep care free
- Maintain A1c levels between 6-7
A cure must be delivered through a treatment that:
- If it is surgical, requires a full recovery time of less than 72 hours
- If it is pharmacological, requires no more than a reasonable pill and/or injection regimen
Read our full report, which includes a listing of the clinical trials taking place: http://www.thejdca.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Type-1-Human-Clinical-Trials.pdf
Make sure to check out the table at the end that lists in what stage each clinical trial is and what it is focused on.
Tomorrow we will focus more specifically on what this report means.
– Stoyan
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