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In my understanding this could reverse the autoimmune reaction to Type 1 Diabetes not regrow the already killed β-cells.
That's the way it reads, yes.
It would, if effective in human use, stop new damage, but not reverse existing damage.
I was wondering about that, curing Type 1 Diabetes would be a HELL of a breakthrough.
Curing it would lead to massive losses of a specific industry.
It really would. I fear that anything remotely close to a "cure" would be thwarted by pharma because they profit so much from insulin.
I switched jobs a few months ago, and had about 2 weeks without insurance. my insulin prescription was over $4k.
I know that "pharma" can't just shut something down.. but I'm sure there's some loophole