The "polititics of diabetes"
November 09, 2004
The New York Times > Health > I Beg to Differ: A Diabetes Researcher Forges Her Own Path to a Cure
The reason for the resistance, Dr. Faustman and some colleagues believe, was simple: her findings, which raise the possibility that an inexpensive, readily available drug might effectively treat Type 1 or juvenile diabetes, challenge widespread assumptions. Many diabetes researchers insist that a cure lies instead in research on stem cells and islet cell transplants.
Of course, this doesn't help Type 2 diabetics.