techniques involving immunosuppression are not breakthroughs. Immunosuppression alone is enough to reverse type 1 diabetes, it’s an auto-immune disease.
But obliterating the immune system has more risks consequences than insulin treatment, so it’s never done in practice…
Smeagol666@mander.xyz 22 hours ago
I read an article months ago that they had already achieved this in China.
That was for type 2, this is for type 1. Which is a lot of hopeful news.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 22 hours ago
The posted article does address Peking University’s achievement, and the same treatment working in the US.
It’s a bit weird how it’s ‘a world first’ in the US though.