Can anybody tell me that is there any permanent cure for this diabetes in any part of the world...I have heard the terms 'pancreas transplant' and 'stem cell transplant' and 'artificial transplant'..what are all these terms

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Comment by Joe_h on February 28, 2012 at 7:18am

no cure as of yet but there are trials going on and research being performed on certain treatments like you mention. another is islet transplants http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/tra...

http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/tra...

http://www.diabetes.org/advocate/our-priorities/funding/stem-cell-r...

Comment by The Cure Alliance on June 10, 2012 at 1:01pm

I'd like you to take a look at this following FB page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cure-Alliance/369847463031781

nowadays this is one of the most cutting-edge place to undergo an islet cell transplantation:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001986889753&ref=ts

needless to say these two links are associated with each other: the scientific director at the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami is Camillo Ricordi! you can still google him in order to know what he normally is up to on a daily basis!

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