A breakthrough People with the most common type of diabetes-type 2 diabetes-are not insulin deficient, but their insulin receptors fail to respond as they should, preventing cells from metabolizing glucose effectively. Even when insulin levels increase, the hormone's functioning is impaired.
另闢蹊徑佔糖尿病絕大多數的第二型糖尿病，並非胰島素缺乏，只是胰島素受體的敏感度變差，導致細胞無法代謝葡萄糖，即使胰島素越用越重，效果仍然有限。