Our world is becoming an amazing place, a team of Canadian scientists appear to have reversed diabetes. The treatment works so well they were shocked by it. The essence of their discovery is that there is link between neurological activity and the production of insulin. The traditional view of diabetes is that the body's own immune system turns against itself and begins attacking the Islets of Langerhorn, the actual insulin producing cells in the pancreas. This attack suppresses the ability of the Islets to produce insulin.
Why are the Islets attacked to begin with? This has been the key question dogging diabetes research, now it seems they may have found an answer. According to the Canadian team the nerves themselves are what cause the problem, it seems that the nerves may be signaling "pain" to the brain and the brain may be using the absence of a neuro-peptide to suppress the insulin production. The team used capcasin (think chili pepper) to deaden these pain nerves in the pancreas. Suddenly normal insulin production.
Stunning, truly stunning.
Read all about it in at the National Post or read the actual paper "TRPV1+ Sensory Neurons Control β Cell Stress and Islet Inflammation in Autoimmune Diabetes". What is particularly exciting is that their treatment may be applicable to a wide range of auto-immune diseases, including asthma, diabetes, & crohn's disease.
Wow, amazing work, kudos to all involved…