One unique and exceptional property of EX has been demonstrated by several study groups, where the drug has been found to halt the progression of degeneration[26] (apoptosis[23, 27]) of insulin secreting islet beta-cells as well as stimulates their regeneration[23], both on T2DM[23, 26] and T1DM[27]. This evidence concerns the gene INS and type 1 diabetes mellitus.