Is there any research going on into solving the diabetes problem ?

[pmailkeey]

I can't help bu think there's research going on re diabetes and other health issues but as no one's consulting me I will assume there isn't !

Due to the lack of progress, I guess they're not doing it right - so does anyone know anyone actually trying to solve this mystery ? They ought to get in touch with me 🙂

Cheers,

Mike.

 

[miguel81]

I am quite sure that if such research was going on then those big businesses who rely on the supplies of insulin, test strips, meters etc for their profits would soon put a stop to it by buying up the 'solutions' and shelving them. Like the 'everlasting match' the 'everlasting light bulb'.

 

[helli]

@pmailkeey I am not sure what you mean by the "diabetes problem" (e.g. which type of diabetes, cure treatment, complications, cause, eradication, improved lifestyle...?) but you may find this interesting with regards to research related to diabetes which is funded by Diabetes UK
There is a section on Taking part in diabetes research.

As for big pharma stopping any research, if I compare the treatment I have now compared to when I was first diagnosed (I am not expecting a cure to Type 1 in my lifetime), there have been huge improvements and I am more confident I will resist complications for longer.

 

[DaveB]

There is stacks of research going on globally about diabetes. It is a complex condition involving many factors including various genes, diet etc.

 

[pmailkeey]

Do we understand the control mechanism yet ?
I'll be surprised if we've managed to boss that at this stage !!

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I am quite sure that if such research was going on then those big businesses who rely on the supplies of insulin, test strips, meters etc for their profits would soon put a stop to it by buying up the 'solutions' and shelving them. Like the 'everlasting match' the 'everlasting light bulb'.

Like the 50,000 hour LED bulbs, that uses a tenth of the electricity, and last 50 times longer than the old filament bulb?
It's actively promoted, not shelved.
Not everything in life is a conspiracy theory.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I can't help bu think there's research going on re diabetes and other health issues but as no one's consulting me I will assume there isn't !

Due to the lack of progress, I guess they're not doing it right - so does anyone know anyone actually trying to solve this mystery ?

Yes there is! Lots of it, all over the world, with participants, labs, academics and clinicians all securing funding and working really hard to chip away at various aspects of diabetes. Conferences full of people getting together every year to share the latest information.

Lots and lots of research studies supported by Diabetes UK, JDRF, DRWF and similar organisations in countries all over the world 🙂

Things like identifying the markers which can show a predisposition to develop T1, to the nature of the triggers which may make that actually happen, and potential immunotherapies that may one day be able to be given to those ‘at risk’ of T1 to reduce their chances of ever getting T1 at all.

Or DUK’s biggest ever research grant DIRECT which has shown that T2 can be put into remission for a proportion of people through weight loss, particularly visceral fat around the organs.

 

[Paulbreen]

While there is a lot of research going on I would also say the money involved in selling insulin alone by the big 3 companies allows them to buy and smother the research that looks like it would interfere with their profits. It common and has been for many years. Using the LED light model doesn’t compare, these lights cost cents to make and nowadays sell for cents, insulin costs cents to manufacture but sells for 10’s of dollars, the big producers have a vested interest in holding back research.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

While there is a lot of research going on I would also say the money involved in selling insulin alone by the big 3 companies allows them to buy and smother the research that looks like it would interfere with their profits. It common and has been for many years. Using the LED light model doesn’t compare, these lights cost cents to make and nowadays sell for cents, insulin costs cents to manufacture but sells for 10’s of dollars, the big producers have a vested interest in holding back research.

Not really.
Everyone uses bulbs, only a small percentage use insulin.

 

[trophywench]

Well considering the Ancient Greeks knew some people had diabetes and that treatment of it with exogenous insulin is only celibrating its centenary this year - cos folk with Type 1 formerly simply gradually starved to death as all their organs failed sooner or later, over the previous millennia I have no idea whatever why anyone should imagine at least some of the problems haven't been researched that such a lot has changed for the better, and better ways of sorting them found. I know very well indeed that they have - and only in the limit of my experience, ie the last 49 years. That's not very long at all - considering it was already around in Aristotle's time on earth, is it!

 

[Paulbreen]

Not really.
Everyone uses bulbs, only a small percentage use insulin.

Not even close to everyone uses LED bulbs I think, according to the WHO 9.4% of the worlds population are diabetic, comparing cents with dollars is a bit of a stretch

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Not even close to everyone uses LED bulbs I think, according to the WHO 9.4% of the worlds population are diabetic, comparing cents with dollars is a bit of a stretch

Type 1 and 2, yes.
If you consider the vast majority of type 2's don't use test strips, insulin, meters, and look at the type 1 who are the majority users, that leaves less than 1% who are.
And a cure for some type 2's hasn't been suppressed, it's been widely published and trialled, even to the extent the NHS are rolling it out now.
So, the answer is out there, and it'll be available when it's found, as previously.

 

[nonethewiser]

Research is ongoing, always will be into conditions like diabetes, DUK do sterling works & publish findings on website & own magazine.

 

[miguel81]

Like the 50,000 hour LED bulbs, that uses a tenth of the electricity, and last 50 times longer than the old filament bulb?
It's actively promoted, not shelved.
Not everything in life is a conspiracy theory.

I was referring to the time before LED when the only lightbulbs were the filament type.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I was referring to the time before LED when the only lightbulbs were the filament type.

Before LED it was fluorescent light bulbs. They lasted for years once you put them in.
As to leds, they are so reliable now, most come as a combined bulb and fitting, they last so long.
There has been legislation around since 1998 on requirements for new light fitting, for lifetime, and energy useage.
The "everlasting light bulb" has been actively promoted, not suppressed.

 

[miguel81]

Thank you, I forgot about fluorescent light bulbs. 50,000 hours is about 5.7 years which is hardly everlasting or lifetime. Nevertheles I am grateful for them. All but two lightbulbs in my home are LED. Those two are in lamps that I brought with me from the UK and are bayonet fixings for which no replacements are available here.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Thank you, I forgot about fluorescent light bulbs. 50,000 hours is about 5.7 years which is hardly everlasting or lifetime. Nevertheles I am grateful for them. All but two lightbulbs in my home are LED. Those two are in lamps that I brought with me from the UK and are bayonet fixings for which no replacements are available here.

There are a lot of adaptors around now, they add a couple of cm to the bulb height, it may work, depending on your fitting.

And 5.7 years is the bulb on 24/7?
On 6 hours a day, everyday, that's over thirty years.
Which may fail before then for other reasons, normally a dry joint on the circuit board down to the necessary low cost of manufacture, rather than wear out of the led.

Which is getting off topic.

 

[miguel81]

Yes it is but your input was appreciated -thank you.

 

[BlueArmy]

Not really.
Everyone uses bulbs, only a small percentage use insulin.

I only use bulbs in my garden, I use lamps in my house to stop me banging into things when its dark 80)

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I only use bulbs in my garden, I use lamps in my house to stop me banging into things when its dark 80)

What do you put the lamps in?