According to a new study, 79% of Americans with diabetes say paying for insulin has created financial difficulty. A new bill capping insulin costs could bring relief, if it passes the U.S. Senate.
    • §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ
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      2 years ago

      The pancreas emmits 14 unique hormones only one of which is associated with insulin production. A Taiwan research group is actively working on how to inhibit a specific enzyme from inhibiting insulin production yet it will take roughly 7 years to test entirely. Weirdly, ever since the research paper was published a year ago Taiwan has been a focal point of the US media…

      • imgprojts
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        2 years ago

        Are you saying that china wants to take over Taiwan so as to exclusively procure insulin generating vaccines or whatever type of remedy that may come from research?

        In that case, I will stop working on my time machine immediately! Okay I finished my time machine, I recommend that we protect this Taiwan researcher. Antigravity turbo luminal engines depend on his findings. More specifically the life of Juan Pedro Lee Vadercamp must be prolonged. Juan’s research culminated in the theory of quantum megatomics.

        • §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ
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          2 years ago

          I was thinking more part of the reason US wants to keep Taiwan independent is to ensure continued control over insulin pricing. The US government is controlled in a big way by pharmaceutical companies so it seems within the realm of possibility.