The article about it is highly technical, but a new drug has prevented &
partially reversed type 2 diabetes & artheriosclerosis in mice. It also
reduces the triglyceride levels.

It's a start, & *may* replace or prevent the need for insulin
injections, at least partially.

They're at the first stages of animal testing at the moment, & it may
only work for certain people with the right (wrong) variant of a
particular gene.
Give them 10 or 15 years....

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070607112926.htm

There's a full write up in Nature, if you subscribe. A lot of libraries
do, but I can't get into one in the near future.

The article can be reached from here:-

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7147/edsumm/e070621-06.html

Tciao for Now!

John.