☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoChinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months.www.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldscience@lemmygrad.mlscience@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months.www.nature.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldscience@lemmygrad.mlscience@lemmy.ml
minus-squarecame_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI saw this stat earlier: In 2021, [metformin, the main treatment drug for type 2 diabetes] was the second most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 91 million prescriptions. the entire US population is 330 million.
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoHoly fuck we are a deeply unhealthy society
I saw this stat earlier:
the entire US population is 330 million.
Holy fuck we are a deeply unhealthy society