This could be the most exciting news in medicine in a decade. Researches managed to actually cure Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes in mice with a single injection. Essentially, the theory they were testing was that diabetes was caused by a chronic inflammation of the pancreas (which produces the hormones that break down sugars properly). The pancreas was injected with a powerful anti-inflammatory, and by the next day the mice showed normal levels of insulin! For at least some of the mice, the effects from a single injection lasted 4 months!
My family has a history of diabetes, including many people who are currently dependent on daily injections of insulin to keep them from crisis. The idea of a 4 injections a year to lead to "normal" lives is huge. Plus, they may avoid the blindness, limb numbness, and lost extremities.
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