We Just “Cured” Type 1 Diabetes!

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[shadowldrago]

This is one HELL of a Step 1 if it works consistently.

[Antenox]

inb4 insulin manufacturers lobby Congress for increased regulation on non-pharmaceutical treatments

[kevincobb]

Great! Until pharmaceutical companies lobby to kill competition for this treatment and jack the price up to $500K per dose

[iHumiliti]

My boy was diagnosed at the age 5 with Type I. It’s been 6 years, this treatment can’t come soon enough, I’ll pray.

[ripperdjak]

Now remember kids, none of the researchers have self deleting thoughts.

[kelsidettlaff]

My dad just passed away from type 1 diabetes this summer. He was only 49. Cannot overstate how important this is. Thank you to the researchers out there potentially saving lives

[djwolfane]

Being able to essentially "reset" a cells differentiated state will go far beyond just type 1 diabeties and it this pans out sets researchers up for rapid cellular therapy for MANY of our current chronic diseases

[SamanthaEatsCookies]

Everyone should thank this woman for allowing to be studied like this. What a huge step in science. She must be something excited and hopeful for her own future as well. Just amazing work.

[Drewdiabetes]

Thank you for reporting on this, Kyle!

Signed, a very tired type 1 diabetic

[maxwelltheluxray]

Big pharma around the corner making it's price at 5k each treatment with shitty insurance covering it

[bkingski]

Why isnt this all over the news? This girl should be on every talk show. These scientists should be on magazine covers!

[salmuttotabreabittlecochicarac]

If this is suspiciously canceled, I'd not be surprised but will be outraged

[biffgc]

One MASSIVE detail you didn't mention is the patient that was "cured" was on immunosuppressant drugs from a previous liver transplant. The main issue with type 1 is the immune system kills the cells that produce insulin.

It's cool that they were able to program cells in this way, but until they can prove an active immune system won't just kill the new ones we should remain skeptical.

[JamieJJL_FGC]

Even if she does only produce enough for 5 or so years, imagine just having to get a treatment like that every 5 years, instead of having to worry about how much insulin you have *all the time*.

Even if it doesn't end up a permanent "cure", this is GROUNDBREAKING.

[dovebair]

Not only is this an amazing medical discovery, that will open major doors for millions of people ; but this will be a gigantic step forward in the survivability of disasters. The logistics around keeping insulin active are a nightmare in a chaos scenario.

[ReviewsAndHowTos]

This is fantastic! My daddy died on my 15th birthday due to type 1 diabetes. I hope the results continue to improve.

[nathanforrest]

Type 1 diabetic here. This is awesome but I can't wait another 15 yrs.

[thedepression]

PLEASE spread awareness that this technique is not being used yet. Please tell people who need this to not go to hospital for this. It is really starting become a problem for the nurses and the doctors across the world. People are demanding that they want the same thing even if it is experimental. Doctors are needed to be trained to do this properly. There is a reason why this is experimental.

The full story (as far as I know):

The woman had kidney transplant and was using immunosuppressants. And the doctors went "since she's already using immunosuppressants why don't we transplant a pancreas her too" since she's type 1 diabetic and her pancreas is not working properly. But even while she's using immunosuppressants her body rejected it so they had to remove it. Now without a pancreas, they resorted to this. I dont know where they got the cells exactly but they made the root cells and injected into her abdomen. After a while, they saw a lump of flesh acting as a pancreas producing the insulin she needed.

Edit: the lump of flesh part is my speculation because it was not mentioned how she was producing insulin in the article.

[amidst_the_grey]

I think of all of the type 1 students that I've had over the years and feel a lot of hope. This is research that I'll be following.

[RI-Kirishikai]

I lost my little cousin to diabetes. Im sure she wouldve been proud to hear all this progress coming in. I miss her every day man this makes me really fucking happy