Faustman Lab: They’ve passed the phase I study (shows that you can give it to people safely), they have funding for phase II and are waiting for FDA approval to start that part. If you go to their site, they have papers published last year. Some of the Type I people in the Phase I showed signs their beta cells came back – c-peptide appearing on ultra-sensitive assays.

I’m waiting to hear if I’m a test subject for Phase II.

Ha! Cooper. Love it. My iPad doesn’t have a name. Nook made me name that while registering, but the iPad is just “mine, the 2” vs. “yours, the heavy original” (belongs to the Knight).

Should I win, I will call it Cooper!

naming my electronics? hmmm, I’m falling way behind, my car doesn’t even have a name!!

My pleasure to make a small contribution.

Thanks for the mention! I really appreciate it.

Yes, I am actually still in this phase now. I have been told for the last 6 months that I was a type 2 diabetic. My bg levels kept climbing and it took me going to an endocrinologist to hear that it isn’t my lack of carb counting and exercise. I just got my c-peptide test back a week ago. It was 45.5 if that’s the right number. My doctor wrote a note with the results saying that it is a strong indication of type 1 because a normal range for a women age 20-25 is .2 to 1. He said that I need to continue the 10 units of lantus at bedtime and monitor my bg levels closely. I am not sure how long I’ve got before injections all the time but I hope I got a least a little while longer ( need to deal with my fear of needles) .