A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US

Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by LapsangGuzzler on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:04AM (#36747790)

On day 1 of my undergrad anatomy class, my professor told us about a cure he developed for Parkinson’s. He showed us footage of debilitated patients that were fully functioning after a year of his treatment. He thought it would be his ticket into the history books, but when he courted the pharma companies to commercialize his research, nobody wanted it because according to him, treating Parkinson’s was more profitable than curing it. He was so bitter that he spent every first lecture of every class he taught telling his story and showing the videos of his research.

I say all of this because I hope a functional cure for diabetes is found and sticks around because what pharma companies are doing to insulin-dependent people (among many others) is just criminal. It makes me wonder why we don’t hear about cures more often.

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by jc_811 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:07AM (#36747822)

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by hedora on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:17AM (#36747969)

This sort of thing isn't without precedence. For instance, there was a commercialized Lyme Disease vaccine back in the 1990's, but anti-vaxxers kept hitting the manufacturer with nuisance suits, so they withdrew it from the market.

I wonder if the patents have expired yet. Maybe someone could make a generic version? There's a lot of money going into creating a new vaccine, since that would be more profitable, but there's nothing wrong with the old one.

https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/vaccine.html

I agree that some sort of evidence for the Parkison's cure is needed. Presumably the professor has created a web page, etc, at this point.

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by zephyrthenoble on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:06AM (#36747816)

What's the name of this professor? I would love to look up their research.

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by the_lonely_road on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:19AM (#36747992)

A large number of people working in specific areas of disease research and study, especially at the pharma companies, are doing it because they or someone they love dearly suffers from or died from the disease. How would all of these people be kept quiet?

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by dennis_jeeves1 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:14PM (#36748586)

>A large number of people working in specific areas of disease research and study, especially at the pharma companies, are doing it because they or someone they love dearly suffers from or died from the disease.

Conviction and being smart are totally different things. There are more people with convictions than smart. What do you expect if nearly every doc/practitioner that does things outside of the established ideology is labeled as a quack?

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by pohl on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:12AM (#36747906)

Anecdotes of this form without specifics (what school, what years, which professor, what research) always have an untrustworthy odor.

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by SomeHacker44 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:05AM (#36747811)

As someone who knows some.people woth Parkinson's, please share some.links or details. thanks! (mobile )

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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by dennis_jeeves1 on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:16PM (#36748610)

Seconding zephyrthenoble request - can I have more details. Email on profile if it's not to be made public.

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