Brief update on Dr. Faustman's research
If you've read this blog for a while you may know that I've done some fundraising to support the research by Dr. Denise Faustman into a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes.I'm subscribed to the Yahoo! newsgroup about this work and today they posted a pointer to a brief USA Daily article with a small amount of news.
This is slow work and Dr. Faustman is conducting it in a careful and rigorous way. Which makes some of us impatient for results. But I'm eternally optimistic about it all.
In early January I'll be at the lab to get some blood drawn that will be used in the research. A good friend from work will also be there as a healthy volunteer! What a guy. While I'm there I hope to meet with Dr. Faustman and ask her some questions about the work. I'll post what I learn online (mid-January).
Updates: I did meeting with Dr. Faustman in January. In March there was an announcement about the start of clinical trials for a possible cure for type 1 diabetes, based on her work.
Labels: cure, faustman, research, update
posted by Bernard @ 3:50 PM
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Dr. Faustman spoke at an evening get together at a friend's home this September. She's remarkable. I too am enthused by her work and how she's handled the resistance to her work. So admirable. The most exciting thing she said was "I have more engineers in my lab now than scientists." I practically shrieked with excitement. No matter what comes next, Dr. Faustman has changed the prevailing paradigm and punched a perfect little hole in the pharmaceutical treatment model. She's positively provoked new thinking about diabetes and other autoimmune diseases and she's done it all despite the doubters and the naysayers. I think she may be my first official scientist crush!
Wow, Bernard, that's pretty exciting! I'm going to read that article now...
Are there any updates on what is happening?
Any recent updates?
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