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Essay on asweetlife.org: Curing Diabetes: Would I Do it Again?

Icon Written by Alex on May 12, 2011 – 4:07 pm

A site called asweetlife.org, dedicated to diabetes, ran an essay of mine called Curing Diabetes: Would I Do it Again? It’s about my transplant and the fallout from it. There are some kind and interesting comments at the bottom of the piece. It’s a wonderful site I urge you to visit for more than just what I’ve written.

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Trial for Genentech diabetic retinopathy treatment shows promise

Icon Written by Alex on April 29, 2010 – 12:45 pm

Clinical trial offers hope for diabetics… (from NYT): “The drug Lucentis can improve eyesight being lost to diabetes, researchers reported on Tuesday, a finding they hailed as a major advance in combating a common cause of blindness.

The finding comes from a large government-sponsored clinical trial that tested the drug, which is made by Genentech, as a treatment for the condition known as diabetic macular edema…”

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