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What are some methods used to treat diabetes currently and the future potential of stem cells?
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Many treatments: Currently there are numerous med categories to treat diabetes. They include oral meds from different classes, Insulin of varying lengths of action, other injectables that work depending on the sugar levels in your body. Stem cell technology has great potential use in diabetes since it is very specifically failure of the pancreas that leads to the condition. Thus preventing this greatly improves tx.
Answered 6/25/2014
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