ADULT Stem Cells Cure Diabetics

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RUSH: I'm sure you've seen the story, but you may not know all about the story

here, all the details. I have two versions of this story. One is from the

Los Angeles Times

, and the other one is from the

UK Times Online

.. Let me put these stories together. Both stories have to do with the same

subject.

First off, the LA Times story: " Stem Cells Shown to Rein in Type 1 Diabetes --

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the progression of

Type 1 diabetes... " That's the bad kind. They're both bad, but Type 2 is what

you get from lifestyle circumstances later in life, and you can sometimes

control Type 2 with diet and exercise and all that. Type 1 isn't. If you're

going to get it, Type 2 is the one to get. You don't want either, don't

misunderstand

here, but Type 1 is the worst of the two. The researchers say that they've

" demonstrated for the first time that the progression of Type 1 diabetes can

be halted -- and possibly reversed -- by a stem-cell transplant that preserves

the body's diminishing ability to make insulin, according to a study published

today. The experimental therapy eliminated the need for insulin injections for

months or even years in 14 of 15 patients recently diagnosed with [Type

1 diabetes]. One subject, a 30-year-old male, hasn't taken insulin since his

stem-cell transplant more than three years ago, according to the study in

the Journal of the American Medical Assn. "

Now, I read the whole story, but I'm not going to read it all to you. Let me go

to the UK Times version because I'm sure you're all wondering, " What kind

of stem cells? " Well, you have to read to the very end of both of these stories

to find out what kind of stem cells, and I'll give you a little hint.

You will not find the word " embryonic " in either of these stories. " Some of

those patients are now treated with transplants of beta cells harvested from

cadavers. Scientists also are trying to use embryonic stem cells to grow beta

cells for transplant... " That has nothing to do with this story. They throw

that in. No embryonic stem cells were at work here on the Type 1 diabetes

research. Now, the UK Times story is basically the same thing: " Diabetics Cured

by Stem-Cell Treatment. " You read and you read and you read and you read, and

you ask, " What kind of stem cells? " and of course you know what kind of stem

cells when they don't mention what kind of stem cells because you know that the

Drive-By Media worldwide has an agenda here. They're operating under an

action line or a storyline, too, and of course the purpose of leaving out what

kind of stem cells is because, what kind of stem cells have the most publicity

and notoriety?

It would be embryonic stem cells, and of course they figure that most people

will conclude it's embryonic if they don't mention it. So later on in this

story: " They enrolled Brazilian diabetics aged between 14 and 31 who had been

diagnosed within the previous six weeks. After stem cells had been harvested

from their blood... " (Gasp!) Not only was it somebody else's stem cells, and

not only was it not embryonic, it was stem cells from their own bodies, 14

to 31 age-group, so you say no embryonics used here. They were mostly adult stem

cells. " After stem cells had been harvested from their blood, they then

underwent a mild form of chemotherapy to eliminate the white blood cells causing

damage to the pancreas. They were then given transfusions of their own

stem cells to help rebuild their immune systems. " So, this is amazingly great

news. We're all happy about the great news here for the future implications

of dealing with Type 1 diabetes, but it's adult stem cells, folks, and I just

wanted to pass that on.