Ok, first, it only applies to Type 2 diabetes.

In a remarkable medical breakthrough, Chinese scientists have successfully cured a patient of type 2 diabetes through an innovative cell therapy approach.

Second, it was done on a case-by-case basis. Each person has their own therapy tailored for them. This does not appear to be a mass-solution.

The groundbreaking treatment involved transplanting lab-grown replicas of the patient’s own insulin-producing islet cells into their body. This ingenious approach effectively restored the patient’s pancreatic islet function, enabling the body to regulate blood sugar levels naturally without external intervention.

From the linked article:

According to a South China Morning Post report, the patient underwent the cell transplant in July 2021.

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The new therapy involves programming the patient’s peripheral blood mononuclear cells, transforming them into “seed cells” to recreate pancreatic islet tissue in an artificial environment. This approach leverages the body’s regenerative capabilities, an emerging field known as regenerative medicine.

You give your top talent what they want. The problem is that they hired a consultant to find out what that was. The consultant, knowing on which side his bread was buttered, told the board what they wanted to hear, which is, after all, why they hired a consultant instead of just asking.

https://www.snopes.com/articles/466491/ages-founding-fathers-july-4-1776/

The signers of the Declaration of Independence. Lots of young 'uns in there.

Adams, John MA 40

Adams, Samuel 53

Bartlett, Josiah 46

Braxton, Carter 39

Carroll, Charles 38

Chase, Samuel 35

Clark, Abraham 50

Clymer, George 37

Ellery, William 48

Floyd, William 41

Franklin, Benjamin 70

Gerry, Elbridge 32

Gwinnett, Button 41

Hall, Lyman 52

Hancock, John 40

Harrison, Benjamin 50

Hart, John 65

Hewes, Joseph 46

Heyward Jr., Thomas 30

Hooper, William 34

Hopkins, Stephen 69

Hopkinson, Francis 38

Huntington, Samuel 45

Jefferson, Thomas 33

Lee, Francis Lightfoot 41

Lee, Richard Henry 44

Lewis, Francis 63

Livingston, Philip 60

Lynch Jr., Thomas 26

McKean, Thomas 42

Middleton, Arthur 34

Morris, Lewis 50

Morris, Robert 42

Morton, John 52

Nelson Jr., Thomas 37

Paca, William 35

Paine, Robert Treat 45

Penn, John 36

Read, George 42

Rodney, Caesar. 47

Ross, George 46

Rush, Benjamin 30

Rutledge, Edward 26

Sherman, Roger 55

Smith, James 57

Stockton, Richard 45

Stone, Thomas MD 33

Taylor, George PA 60

Thornton, Matthew 62

Walton, George 35

Whipple, William 46

Williams, William 45

Wilson, James 33

Witherspoon, John 53

Wolcott, Oliver 49

Wythe, George VA 50

You could run Kodi, Emby, or Plex and get local access through DLNA access.

I have a QNAP RAID set up that Emby catalogs and handles access for. An Emby app on my LG TV, and a Roku on other TVs. Some RAID systems will just plug into your network and allow you to install apps on them directly.

Another option is to use MediaMonkey to catalog and provide access. They even have an Android app.

Lastly, regular external HDD are meant for occasional access, not continuous work. Most have a duty cycle of about 25%, meaning they should only be run about that amount of time before dying. This is why I went with NAS HDDs. If you have the money, go with an expandable RAID. Once you start using that capacity, you’ll find you want more.

There was a discussion a couple of years ago around gasoline taxes and how they are supposed to pay for roadway maintenance. The question came up about EVs. There were discussions about how to include EVs in the taxation system so they would pay for their fair share of the road. One of the options was to impose a tax attached to your vehicle registration based upon the weight of the vehicle. The greater the weight, the more wear and tear it produces on the road surface. This might be one solution to the barrier problem, namely moving the extra cost to the reason for the extra cost.

Time to find a replacement, I guess.

watermarks and metadata

It’s a start at least. Now make them impossible to remove.