The INGAP Revival

David Mendosa Living With It Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog After earning a B.A. with honors from the University of California,... Send Message Subscribe: David Mendosa

Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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People often ask me whatever happened to INGAP Peptide, which looked like one of the most promising ways to regenerate islet cells. Until this week the news wasn’t good. In 2002 I first wrote about INGAP – islet neogenesis associated protein – in my column on the Web site of the American Diabe...

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BillyWarhol
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 at 12:38 AM
glad i didn't order my slice of Pecan Pie just yet! hopefully it's the great news we've all been waiting for! totally deflating to see 2009 before it goes commercial. oh vell........ ;)))

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Neil Asselin
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 08:59 AM
TOO much politics and opposing "big money" interests. Let the research be done in Sweden, Germant, France or Canada where there can be some FINANCIAL benefit to those governments! Then we'll see the full-blown "birth" of INGAP! VERY sincerely, N.A.

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Phil Massey
Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 11:48 PM
Well, I've been chewing saran wrap on a regular basis to see what affects it has on my blood glucose levels. So far, not much. 2009 is better than than never.

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Libby
Monday, August 21, 2006 at 10:52 PM
2009 THAT SOUNDS EXCITING TO ME COMPARED TO MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 6 HAVING THIS DISEASE FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

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Steph1966
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 05:35 PM

Hope that the 3 years from now will be an excellent restart for the cie to refined the medication...I have that disease since i'm 3 years old, i'm going 43 years this year and I'm exciting too see that decease knock down with that therapy!

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Bruce Katz
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 04:52 PM
I knew Ingap was to good to be true when I first read about it several yrs. ago. It even allowed me to dream and wonder what it would be like. But as I enter my 51st yr. as T1 what's a couple of more yrs.