Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabetes” – blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes
estimated that six million Canadians have prediabetes.
The transplantation of isolated islets from a donor pancreas into a person with diabetes is currently another area of intense research. Once transplanted, the islets begin to produce insulin, actively regulating the level of glucose in the blood.