From the link Barcode Posted: these are the interesting points and what they are claiming their discovery does. 25. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a soluble MANF protein comprising a sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2 or apomorphine; and at least one additional agent for treating a pancreatic ß-cell disorder. 26. The composition of claim 25, wherein the at least one additional agent is insulin. http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2013112602&recNum=120&tab=PCTClaims&maxRec=83222&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=diabetes Note: I think they may have stumbled on to this testing MANF for PD .. as Apomorphine has been used for Parkinson's L-dopa related... LOI for L-Dopa? does that have any ties to this???????