It is far from being so. Similar story with the farmers unable to source non-GM seed. So much for consumer choice. The diabetics site also suggests, interestingly, that the companies who make this GM insulin are now spreading rumors about the possible risk of transmission of BSE from cow-derived insulin, in order to propel doctors and patients into favoring the GM insulin. If BSE is an issue, according to evidence on the Diabetics World site, pig insulin seems to be slightly less well tolerated than the cow insulin but is still MUCH better tolerated than the GM human type.
Diabetics call for inquiry on insulin deaths.
Diabetics have demanded an urgent inquiry over concerns that a synthetic version of insulin may lie behind a spate of deaths. Studies have raised fears that the use of the new insulin introduced over the past decade, increases the danger of slipping rapidly into a coma caused by low blood sugar levels. Several diabetics have died soon after switching to the genetically engineered hormone. The findings are of grave concern to Britain's 300,000 insulin-dependent diabetics. They need frequent injections of insulin because the disease stops the pancreas making its own hormone, which regulates the body's energy supply.