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Leukemia Drugs Put a Stop to Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

November 18, 2008 by Cherie Burbach  
Filed under Diseases & Conditions

Leukemia Drugs Put a Stop to Type 1 Diabetes in Mice

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Well this is super exciting news!
“Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday.”
The mice that went into remission happened after 8-10 weeks on the drug.
Can you imagine the potential for this? It could mean a cure is very close. But we’ve heard that several times over the last few years, so I won’t get (too) excited. Yet.
The article further quotes that, “The fact that the treated mice maintained normal …read more


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