At least the unvarnished truth is stated simply and clearly in this article. Here is the link to the full article plus a few relevant excerpts (bolding of type added by me for emphasis):
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-0 ... or-tb.html
A tuberculosis vaccine in use for 90 years may help reverse Type 1 diabetes and eliminate the life- long need for insulin injections, say Harvard University researchers raising money to conduct large, human studies.
Faustman and her colleagues at Massachusetts General in Boston are working to get the vaccine to market. After their early findings in studies with mice, she said they tried to interest every major drugmaker in developing the vaccine as a possible cure for diabetes. All told her there wasn’t enough money to be made in a cure that used an inexpensive, generically available vaccine, Faustman said.
So now, she is trying to raise money to pay for the expensive larger human trials. Her lab so far has received $11 million of the $25 million needed to pay for the next stage of testing. All of the money is coming from private donors, the largest of which is the Iacocca Family Foundation.
I have to say I am really impressed by how much money they have raised from private donors so far!! We need this level of fundraising ability to fund a CCSVI clinical trial to be conducted by Dr. Sclafani.The vaccine’s ability to raise levels of cell-killing TNF also is being studied as a way to treat multiple sclerosis. In a study in Italy, researchers found the vaccine may prevent progressions of brain lesions in patients with advanced stages of MS, Faustman said.
M.A.
