Just to clarify, The Iacocca Foundation
has COMMTTED to raising $10 million for the Nathan/Faustman trial.
However, that number has yet to be reached so we need to continue fundraising
if we are to reach the goal.
In addition, the foundation is committed to
supporting additional diabetes research projects and as such we will continue
fundraising.
For both of these reasons, we appreciate all
of the generous support we have received to date, and will receive going
forward.
Warm regards,
Marc J. Davino
Assistant Director, Development and
Communications
From:
nathanfaustmantrials@yahoogroups.com
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Behalf Of Bernard Farrell Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006
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[nathanfaustmantrials] Give money now?
Joshua
You may be right overall about giving money. However my belief is that all
research could do with more money, it may help speed up building of equipment.
I also strongly believe that if this research got a lot of funding others may
consider looking into this area, and the more folks working on a problem area
the more likely we are to see progress.
My questions is: should we give money to this research now? If so,
why?
I know that sounds like a strange question (especially for this board),
but my understanding is this:
1. The Faustman/Nathan human trials have been funded for $10 million
dollars; all the money they asked for.
2. They are not going to actually start human trials until fall 2008.
3. This delay is based on pre-clinical work and building equipment, and
will not be sped up by more money.
4. Even if the trial works, there can not be a follow-on trial until
fall 2009, at the very earliest.
So if my goal is to cure type-1 as quickly as possible, why should I
donate more money to this research right now? Why not wait until 2008
and 2009?
Apparently in "Phase 3" of the Faustman trials they will include people with Type 2 diabetes. WTF? Project 3: In year two and three of this project, patients...
I was actually wondering the same thing regarding the recruitment of Type 2 patients since we all know they are two fundamentally different disease processes....
This research is reminding me more and more of Dr. Vinik's INGAP protein. Lot's of fanfare in the begining then when INGAP failed for Type I's, Type II's were...
Although this thread has been straying a bit off topic, as a follow- up to this inquiry, INGAP was not a complete failure, rather it proved that regeneration...
Stilltypeone, In response to your statement below, the animal research with INGAP is not even close to what Dr. Faustman's research and data is in the NOD...
Susan, my comment was not related to Dr. Faustman's method of a "cure", but all the hype(remember this research was first released in the July 2001 JCI), and...
Yes..However, don't forget that it has taken this long to raise the bulk of the needed funds to do the pre-clinical work and progress this research through a...
Dear Still Type One, We are all disappointed that it has taken so long for these trials to move forward. HOwever, I don't believe Dr. Faustman expected how ...
My questions is: should we give money to this research now? If so, why? I know that sounds like a strange question (especially for this board), but my...
Joshua You may be right overall about giving money. However my belief is that all research could do with more money, it may help speed up building of ...
Good afternoon, Just to clarify, The Iacocca Foundation has COMMTTED to raising $10 million for the Nathan/Faustman trial. However, that number has yet to be...
Marc, how much of the $10 million has The Iacocca Foundation raised so far? How many millions will it take to get this into human trials? ... $10 million ... ...
Hi, Nearly $6 million has been raised to date. Thanks to everyone for the generous support. The price tag remains the same to reach human clinical trials -...
Marc, you said $11.5 mil to REACH human clinical trials. Can you clarify, does this INCLUDE the human clinical trials, or does this only include all the...
I just took this from the website, but here's what the $11.5M ($10M from Iacocca Foundation and $1.5M from Dr. F's own fundraising) is supposed to pay for: The...
That was very interesting, thanks for sharing. Someone please correct me if I am wrong but it seems to me it would not matter the structure of the islet cells...
As long as the immune system is similar between mice and humans, I don't see where this would be an issue. From all of the data that I can find on the...
As long as the immune system is similar between mice and humans, I don't see where this would be an issue. From all of the data that I can find on the...
My concern is with the structure's being so different, will Faustman's protocol be transferrable to humans. Perhaps this is why BCG failed when tested...
It is my understanding that BCG failed previously because it takes more of it than they were using, more doses needed, just like when you take an antibiotic,...
As you may know, in March 2006, a high-profile replication study (funded by JDRF, incidentally) of Dr. Faustman's research was met with considerable, although...
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