A new human trial is beginning at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after an animal trial resulted with diabetic mice being cured after being injected with BCG, a common tuberculosis medicine.
"The vaccine destroyed abnormal white blood cells obstructing the
production of insulin, which is needed to prevent diabetes, she said.
The first step in the human study is to determine whether the
same strategy using BCG vaccination can be used to modify the abnormal
autoimmune cells present in type 1 diabetes."
If effective in humans, they are hoping to have a cure available in 4 years. While I'm always skeptical of cures, I am cautiously optimistic with this one since it uses an established medicine and was effective in mice. If four years from now I'm cured, I'll throw a huge party. You'll all be invited :-).
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