Is there a treatment for diabetes that can cure the disease? As a matter of fact, there have been a number of scenarios in which diabetes has been cured during treatment. Most of these occurrences have been in lab rats and rabbits, but studies have shown patients to be cured as well. The problem is that without consistency, the condition can reoccur.
In a study which occurred in 2006, scientists at a Toronto medical center introduced a compound to mice. This compound circumvented the effects of reduced neurons around the pancreas. Dr. Michael Salter was amazed, stating that suddenly mice which had diabetes no longer had it.
In this study, the research team had injected capsaicin (the active compound found in chili peppers) into the pancreas to kill the sensory neurons. In their astonishment, the islets immediately began producing insulin at normal levels again.There is more research to be done …