Incredible News....

Here is the information I was talking about on the air about diabetes...

Dr. Henry Daniell, a University of Central Florida professor, and his team of 20 biomedical researchers have worked for five years, experimenting with genetically modified lettuce and it's affect on diabetes patients.  They have come up with what they believe is a cure for diabetes.  "This would not only be a cure, but also an inexpensive cure," Daniell said.  A person with diabetes is sentenced to a lifetime of needles and careful monitoring of their blood sugar levels.  "I believe that it's going to be a very significant advancement and so far there has been no permanent cure for diabetes," said Daniell.  "This is the first time the root cause of the problem, the immune disorder, is tackled,"  Genetically modified lettuce is grown in a lab at UCF,  A leaf is placed in a machine and injected with with the human gene for insulin.  "We can really be happy that we have made progress that helps a society,, especially large numbers of peopl e," said Daniell.  For people living with diabetes, the find is a major breakthrough.  Daniell said he has been stunned by the response.  He's received thousands of e mails and phone calls, mostly from Florida residents.  Daniell first tested his insulin-producing lettuce on mice, and the results were shocking.  "By the end of the study, the diabetic mice had normal blood and urine sugar levels," Daniell said.  "And their cells were producing normal levels of insulin."   He said the results occurred after eight weeks of treatment.  Daniell said if human trials, which are now underway, are successful, it would impact millions of diabetics worldwide and provide a permanent and affordable cure for the disease.  His team has found a way to grind the lettuce down to a fine green powder that can be distributed in the form of a capsule, which helps regulate the dosage.  Daniell is currently conducting clinical trials with a majo r pharmaceutical company.  If all goes well, Daniell said this cure for diabetes could be made available to millions of people in four years.

I don't know the source of this story but if you google Dr. Daniell and diabetes you will find many articles about this.  This is INCREDIBLE news for diabetics!

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