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Over the past ten years, the treatment of insulin-dependent, or Type I,* diabetes has undergone a quiet revolution. D.S.C.P. is one of several programs that have sprung up around the country to spread the gospel of this movement. Its watchword is tight control, or keeping a close rein on the disease so that the body can function as normally as possible at all times. In practice, this means a lot of hard work...
Like most Type I diabetics, the students entering the self-care program are accustomed to giving themselves one or two daily shots of, insulin, the hormone that their pancreas is unable to produce naturally. Insulin is essential for the metabolism of glucose, the simple sugar that serves as the body's principal fuel. Without an adequate supply of insulin, glucose literally goes to waste, passing out of the body in the urine so that the individual slowly wastes away...
Lilly, the largest maker of prescription drugs in the U.S., has long been respected for its insulin and antibiotics. But it has had troubles with other products. Lilly developed Darvon, a painkiller that Ralph Nader's health group has attacked as being addictive, and marketed DES, a pregnancy drug that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital linked to cancer. The company plans to appeal the Oraflex decision. With so many more cases still to be decided, Lilly has a huge stake in the outcome...
Officials said the University has obtained patents on a new process of producing proteins, like insulin, that is said to be more efficient and cheaper than previous methods...
Gilbert was unavailable for comment yesterday. But in a prepared statement he said that the methods described in the patent should be useful in the commercial production of proteins such as insulin, human search albumin, and other recombinant products...