Skin prick tests are the only way to safely monitor glucose levels and will let patients know if they need an insulin injection.

DATA SYNTHESIS: Therapeutic methods of diabetes included mainly drug treatment, injection of insulin, pancreatic stem cell transplantation and islet stem cell transplantation.

Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump - each day, every day of their lives.