<story><title>UAB cures diabetes in lab mice, preparing for human trial</title><url>http://wiat.com/2014/11/06/uab-cures-diabetes-in-lab-mice-preparing-for-human-trial/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kristopolous</author><text>I know a number of people who have diabetes and not vast financial resources (including the family of a teenaged nephew of mine).  The current medical solution takes a significant and ever-present financial toll on them.  Something like this would be absolutely life changing for those people who can&amp;#x27;t easily afford on-going, lifetime treatment.&lt;p&gt;I really hope it works.</text></comment>
<story><title>UAB cures diabetes in lab mice, preparing for human trial</title><url>http://wiat.com/2014/11/06/uab-cures-diabetes-in-lab-mice-preparing-for-human-trial/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thinkcomp</author><text>This seems to be research related to Type I diabetes, which means it&amp;#x27;s only potentially a cure for one variant of the disease, and it&amp;#x27;s also not totally clear how it differs from previous research:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00626359#page-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;link.springer.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;10.1007%2FBF00626359#page-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, it does seem that there have been a number of encouraging research finds around Type I diabetes in recent months (&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/10/giant-leap-against-diabetes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.harvard.edu&amp;#x2F;gazette&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;giant-leap-aga...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;In general, always take media coverage of scientific finds with a grain of salt, and maybe two grains for local news coverage.</text></comment>