Insulin Structure
Killing T Cells to Cure Diabetes
Dr. Richard K. Bernstein knows how to cure diabetes, and researchers are ready to start the research. All they need is money. Does anyone have enough money and care enough about curing diabetes to fund this research? Do you?
Even if you have type 1 diabetes, you almost certainly still have some of your beta cells. If your body stops killing them, they will replicate and produce insulin -- and then you will possibly have a cure.
When I talked with Dr. Bernstein a few days ago, he told me that...
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