BLUFFTON, SC. (WTOC) – A family in Bluffton is advocating for a bill that would make a specific Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) treatment more accessible and affordable for patients.
It’s known as the Increase Support for Life-saving Endocrine Transplantation, or ISLET Act. It was introduced to congress this past November. If passed, the act would reclassify islets, or pancreatic donor cells, as organs.
Sidney and Jacob Mack’s son Grady is one of approximately 243,000 children in the U.S. diagnosed with T1D…