Medical Express reports Israeli research that holds promise for long-term treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The finding, demonstrated in mice, involved reengineering muscle cells from the affected individual so they grab and metabolize large amounts of sugar from the blood. These cells were then implanted back into the mouse tummy where they pulled the sugar levels down to normal and kept them there for months.
Currently around 34 million Americans, just over 1 in 10, suffer from diabetes, 90% of them from type 2 diabetes. An effective treatment—and one that is a one-time treatment rather than daily medication—could significantly improve both quality of life and life expectancy of those who have diabetes. The same method could also be used to treat various enzyme deficiency disorders.
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