In contrast, when stimulating T1D mice with two electrically conductive sticky patches attached to the implantation site instead of the platinized acupuncture needles, the animals remained as hyperglycemic as non-stimulated T1D mice, indicating that this stimulation method cannot trigger insulin production from implanted DCINS cells (Extended Data Fig. 7b,c). The gene discussed is INS; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.