Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass organ transplants

Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by Cw67NTN8F on Monday February 19, 2018 @05:25AM (#16411989)

>>but I have a feeling that somewhere there is a scientist whose professional ethics are a little less robust.

Butchers seem to have made peace with a few things. The same with their clients, lamb eaters. Let's be honest, at some point we cut corners; diabetes is the new epidemic. Most people, at least in the developed world, can stuff their faces with cheap (and poorer you are, more empty) calories.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by lawlessone on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:24AM (#16413017)

I don't think these are the same kinds of diabetes.

With the kind you get from over indulgence your pancreas is still functional, you just have insulin resistance.

I believe this is to help the other kind of diabetes where you produce no insulin.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by wombatpm on Monday February 19, 2018 @08:41AM (#16412784)

This would be a cure for TYPE I diabetes, not TYPE II. The difference? TYPE I aka juvenile diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the islet cells of the pancreas are targeted and you no longer produce insulin. TYPE II is where the cells in you body become insulin insensitive. TYPE II can be reversed with diet and exercise in its early stages.

Why are they both called diabetes? The consequences are the same, high blood sugar levels causing damage to eyes, kidneys, and peripheral blood flow in limbs. This can cause blindness, kidney failure, and limb amputation and eventually death.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by arkades on Monday February 19, 2018 @12:04PM (#16414032)

Type II diabetes also proceeds over time to a loss of insulin production, but as a consequence of the illness rather than as its core trait.

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