theHRguy to Late Stage Capitalism · 10 days agoCommunist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About itopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down152
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minus-squarechuneslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoDiabetes isn’t only caused by a lack of insulin; it can also be caused by faulty insulin receptors. I wonder if this helps with that
minus-squareelbucholinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoNo - this was a targeted therapy that introduced new islet cells into the patient’s pancreas. If he had damaged or non-functioning insulin receptors, this therapy would not have benefitted him.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoWould be nice if that were mentioned in the post.
Diabetes isn’t only caused by a lack of insulin; it can also be caused by faulty insulin receptors. I wonder if this helps with that
No - this was a targeted therapy that introduced new islet cells into the patient’s pancreas. If he had damaged or non-functioning insulin receptors, this therapy would not have benefitted him.
Would be nice if that were mentioned in the post.