While sometimes controversial, diabetic clinical trials need to be conducted on human beings before final approval for use by the general population. Before getting to the human stage, diabetic clinical trials involving potential new drug treatments have already gone through many tests, usually involving animals just prior to humans. Some people even protest the use of animals in these trials, but it is only through these tests that new drugs, therapies, and maybe one day a cure will be found for effectively treating the diabetic. The main complaint of people that are against these trials is that animals have no choice in participation and often end up dying or being killed as part of the research.

Clinical trials on humans are done on a voluntary basis. Sometimes the patients in these trials are compensated for their efforts, and in all cases the treatments, drugs, and therapies are provided at no …