However, here is a blog entry which I did not write, but which pretty much summarizes my opinion of this research right now: <a href="http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/09/lettuce-hope-bu.htmlPay">http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/09/lettuce-hope-bu.htmlPay</a> particular attention to the part where Amy points out that giving insulin to mice prevents them from getting type-1 diabetes, but that this same trick does not work for people.