25 Oct 2018 --- Researchers at the Amsterdam UMC have come up with a novel method to ensure that diabetes Type 2 patients can avoid needing to undergo insulin therapy. Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by an inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar, or the body’s inability to effectively use the insulin it produces. According to the researchers, the new method could have myriad other benefits in reducing metabolic conditions.