What do diabetics do in places like third world countries, or places like Argentina?
onecvj wrote:An islet cell transplant would be a possible option that if successful could eliminate or reduce the need for insulin therapy. It's still considered experimental, but promising. Also, stem cell research may lead to additional breakthroughs for type 1 diabetes.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/islet- ... nt/DA00046
Pretorian wrote:type 1 is not genetic? wow. which one is then?
However, after an islet cell transplant you will need a lifetime course of a cocktail of high-tech immune-system busting drugs. Stopping these drugs will result in failure of the transplant.
ChumpusRex2 wrote:However, after an islet cell transplant you will need a lifetime course of a cocktail of high-tech immune-system busting drugs. Stopping these drugs will result in failure of the transplant.
By comparison, insulin is a low-tech drug, which has been used for 80 years.
The production of drugs is unlikely to be severely affected except by the most severe of depressions. If the pharma companies do go, then the drugs that will get discontinued first are the expensive, high-tech modern drugs. The age-old ones, can be produced by any company with basic labs.
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