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Chinese scientists develop cure for diabetes, insulin patient becomes medicine-free in just 3 months (m.economictimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

It's actually for both types according to the articles in Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-023-01707-x

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-024-00662-3

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah but the person "cured" had type 2.

There might be applications for type 1, but that's speculation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The articles suggest that it may be beneficial for Type 1, but that's unconfirmed. The nature of early-stage clinical trials is that people don't really know how things will work. That's the point of the trials.