Re: new drug may help type 1 diabetics

[Guest guest]

When I originally read reports of this research it talked about using leptin

*instead* of insulin, and I found it mind-boggling because I thought insulin

was necessary for survival. Using it with lower doses of insulin makes much

more sense to me!

I am, however, always skeptical about research involving mice because I

don't think they are that similar to humans. These mice don't have " real "

type 1 diabetes, they are just " engineered " to not produce insulin. So I

don't get excited about a potential treatment or cure until it begins to be

studied in humans.

Jen