I was thinking of forwarding this to a friend with type 1 and remember the tale of misery from the last one I sent. Exactly what you said. She’s 38. Don’t get her hopes up.
I was thinking of forwarding this to a friend with type 1 and remember the tale of misery from the last one I sent. Exactly what you said. She’s 38. Don’t get her hopes up.
mcgravier@kbin.social 9 months ago
Reversing type 1 is a complete lie. Unless you can somehow magically reatore pancreatic cells
holycrap@lemm.ee 9 months ago
You actually can, that’s the easy part surprisingly. The hard part is keeping the body from killing beta cells after you induce their growth which is why it’s not cured yet.
mcgravier@kbin.social 9 months ago
Source please.
Cypher@lemmy.world 9 months ago
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454996/
Looks like you can in theory? I was interested and asking for a source is absolutely fair.
Bipta@kbin.social 9 months ago
Seems possible but highly experimental https://www.ajmc.com/view/beta-cell-reactivation-may-be-viable-treatment-for-patients-with-type-1-diabetes
Aatube@kbin.social 9 months ago
@bogo sent this below: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html
bogo@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Look up Vertex. They have stem cell derived beta cells they’re looking to put in a pouch to avoid immune response, but AFAIK the production of the beta cells is a solved problem. They implanted those cells in someone and he’s seemingly cured.
www.nytimes.com/…/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html
The issue is that cure currently comes with life long immunosuppressants.