I was looking at Nicole Johnson Baker's website
http://nicolejohnson.com/ and went to her links page. I don't know
if this is significant or not but she has Join Lee Now and the
Iacocca Foundation listed at the top (after the dlife link). Even
if it wasn't intentional, it's nice to see them getting top billing
somewhere!

--- In nathanfaustmantrials@yahoogroups.com, "stacy_lavery"
<stacy_lavery@...> wrote:
>
> I was so excited yesterday! I watch DLife every Sunday night -
it's
> on CNBC at 7pm.
>
> During a discussion of research, Nicole Johnson Baker asked about
Dr.
> Faustman, and they went on to discuss the fact that she's cured
Type 1
> in mice by halting the autoimmune attack. She also mentioned the
> involvement of the Iacocca Foundation. I don't think they've EVER
> mentioned either on DLife (at least not on the TV show - it's all
over
> the discussion forums) before now!
>
> When Nicole (who was obviously VERY happy and excited to be talking
> about this) asked if this meant the mice could regenerate their
cells
> and again produce insulin, the journalist (I can't remember her
> name...) replied, "it appears they always were." She said further
> that removing the autoimmune attack just allowed the body to do
what
> it's supposed to do. What a great testimony to this research! The
> only bad thing she said was that this is a "good story - and her
> research needs to be replicated in other labs". Well, duh! You
never
> hear people say stuff like that about stem cell stuff... the only
> time I was irked during the exchange. They also scrolled across
the
> bottom information about funds needed, i.e. $30 million to get
through
> all the phases. The only way it could've been better would have
been
> to point folks to the JLN website.
>
> I usually tape it using my ReplayTV (like Tivo), but for some
reason,
> it didn't record last night. I'm trying to get a copy through file
> sharing - I'll let everyone know if I get it, and I'll try to post
the
> clip on here.
>
> Very exciting!
>
> Stacy Lavery
> Team MD Captain, JLN Campaign
>