Diabetic Mice "Cured" With Drugs

BBC -- US scientists have managed to rid diabetic mice of the effects of the disease using a cocktail of drugs. The mice, who had type 1 diabetes, started producing their own insulin after taking a mixture of four drugs. Previously the same team at Harvard University had only been able to stop the destruction of the cells which make insulin, not regenerate them. But in a study reported in the New Scientist, they say adding another drug to the original cocktail did just that. They now hope to start trials in humans.