At 08:05 PM 26/08/03 +0000, WesFox wrote:
>--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Brandon Payne"
><payne_brandon_at_y...> wrote:
> > I had read in the news section of Yahoo where a drug called
>Exenatide
> > shows promise. It is derived from lizard spit.
> >
> > Jim: Hey Des, come and hawk one into my shringe will ya.
> >
> > -Brandon Payne
>
>Exenatide is a peptide that shows promise in treating type II
>diabetes. Wrong type of diabetes as far as Jim would be concerned.
>Jim is a type I, IIRC.
>
> Much easier to find a drug to treat type II diabetes, which is
>usually caused by insulin resistance, itself usually age or obesity
>related. Type I is caused by a lack of production of insulin by the
>islet cells of the pancreas, usually because they're dead or
>nonfunctional, not because of insulin resistance.
However: There are new treatments for Type I currently in
trials, including one that looks like it's one step short of a cure.
--
Phoenix
Received on Tue Aug 26 2003 - 20:14:21 CDT