MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'denise faustman'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124669&cid=t_115298_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthis-year-at-diabetesmine-2009.html Once again it’s time to reflect on what marked the year here at DiabetesMine.com.  2009 was surely eventful, both for this blog and for me personally.  Never a dull a moment when you’re a busy D-blogger, Health 2.0 advocate, and mother of three, I guess.  Here’s a list of some key milestones that stand out [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124669 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:06 +0100 3124669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381052&cid=t_115298_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fa-talk-with-denise-faustman-the-hope-is-%25e2%2580%259cin-the-mechanism%25e2%2580%259d.html I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet with the legendary Dr. Denise Faustman for a latte and a long talk last week in Boston. While I expected her to be smart as a whip, what I didn’t expect was the bubbly personality. She has an infectious giggle and a glimmer in her eyes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381052 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:55 +0100 2381052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1429112&cid=t_115298_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Finterview-with-immunologist.html A few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking with Dr. Norma Sue Kenyon, who is in her official capacity a professor of surgery, medicine, microbiology and immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, but is perhaps better known an immunologist who works at the affiliated Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), and also as the director of the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research (named for Wallace H. Coulter, who was the co-founder, former chairman and president of Coulter Corp. where Dr. Kenyon once worked). She's also the mother of two daughters.I had met Dr. Kenyon previously, but only to shake hands and say hello. Dr. Kenyon is completely charming, and her connection to type 1 diabetes goes beyond her professional interests, she al... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1429112 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:00 +0100 1429112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303325&cid=t_115298_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Ffriday-roundup.html Discussion" logo under the "Other" category in the right margin of my blog.Denise Faustman Human Clinical Trials to BeginI have written about it in the past, but her human clinical trials have been one of the most anticipated events in diabetes research for many people. Yesterday, it was finally announced that scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes. The ClinicalTrial.gov posted a trial announcement looking for people to participate in the first phase clinical trial."We are pleased to be starting human clinical trials," said Dr. Faustman. "Human trials take time, but we are making the step from curing diabetes in mice to determining whether it will work in men and women with diabetes."Certainly, an army of pe... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303325 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0100 1303325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1274765&cid=t_115298_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2Fboston-globe-misses-real-reason.html This is a nice profile of Denise Fuastman, who cured diabetic mice with a combination of substances, including spleen stem cells. As the story notes, she was severely criticized, but look at the nonsense reason the paper gives for those attacks:In 2001, Faustman said it was possible to cure type 1 diabetes in mice with a two-step treatment that blocked their immune systems from destroying their insulin-making beta cells; new beta cells then grew back, and the mice were no longer diabetic. After her announcement, many in the medical community--including some of her own Harvard colleagues--lashed out at her findings, and accused her of cruelly raising the expectations of those suffering from the disease.Oh please get real. Remember the unbelievable hype at that time over the CURES! CURES! CU... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1274765 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:04:00 +0100 1274765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1139851&cid=t_115298_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fprotein-treatments-to-cure-type-1.html Proteins are being investigated for use in treating a variety of diseases because they can influence cell behavior by fueling or dampening certain molecular signals, therefore their use may be used to influence the regeneration of certain cells, in the case of diabetes, the pancreatic beta cells. This falls under the broader diabetes research objective to investigate inducing beta cell regeneration. Several methods are now being investigated or reviewed, including (among others), INGAP as well as several other techniques that were seen as useful in beta cell regeneration. If you aren't familiar with INGAP, that story was chronicled a few years ago. To read the background on that, please see the following archived story links below:Spring 2002Winter 2002Summer 2003Spring 2004Fall 2006Curren... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1139851 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:30:00 +0100 1139851