Since insulin making cells just need access to blood plasma, it should eventually be possible to avoid immune suppression by mechanically protecting the cells themselves with a porous membrane to separate them from white blood cells. I predict nanotech methods will be inexpensive for such membranes within a few years, if not already. But the clinical trial is expensive and may have to be done in Brazil or Cuba or Mexico anyway.
David Mendosa, here, reviewed a long book on that subject quite recently. And I added an inexpensive disinfectant/antiseptic which helps heal most of those sores promptly. It's Microcyn Wound Care even from Amazon which is highly oxidized water that is ph neutral and easy on skin and muscle. No need to wait for stem cells just to save a leg.
I read David's blog, which pointed to simple facts for better care, which I loved and agree with. But not every case of diabetes is going to be improved by basic, healthy living.
Many people have far more difficult management becuase diabetes can be very complicated! Multiple issues that complicate basic movement and exercise, or multiple diseases that affect more and more people living with diabetes. Therefore, medical advancement means everything!
Medical research has been on the back burner for sometime and I think this blog is a sign of spring, something positive and hopeful coming forward!