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Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it
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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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How the Therapy Works
The process involves regenerative medicine, utilizing the patient's own body's capabilities to treat the illness.
Cell Extraction: A small sample of cells (e.g., fat cells or blood cells) is taken from the patient. Reprogramming: These cells are chemically treated in a lab to revert them to a pluripotent state, meaning they can develop into any type of cell.
Differentiation and Transplantation: The stem cells are then guided to become functional, insulin-producing islet cells. These new cells are then transplanted back into the patient's abdominal area.
Restored Function: Once implanted, the cells engraft and begin producing insulin naturally in response to blood glucose levels, effectively restoring the body's natural ability to regulate blood sugar.
That doesn't make sense for type 2. This is exactly how they've been trialing treatment of type 1, they just announced it a few months ago I think it was Stanford and Toronto
Insulin producing cells die off in type 2 after years of being bombarded with sugar in the US diet.
It's important to make clear that "sugar" in this context includes simple carbohydrates.
Also known as sugars
To those who remember basic science class, yes. To most Americans, sadly no. They need the reminder/education.