Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

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Reversing type 1 is a complete lie. Unless you can somehow magically reatore pancreatic cells

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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.

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You actually can

Source please.

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https://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.

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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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html

The issue is that cure currently comes with life long immunosuppressants.

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