schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoWorld’s first diabetes cure with cell therapy achieved in Chinainterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down112cross-posted to: health@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoDiabetes can damage the kidneys, so presumably the patient got a kidney transplant. But yeah, looks like the journalist is getting the causation the wrong way round, I can’t think of why a kidney transplant would recover pancreatic islet function.
minus-squareFlihpFlorp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months ago damage the kidneys Ah thank you for resurfacing that fact I forgot. But I think you are right about the causation Another fun fact is it also causes foot problems including ingrown toe nails
Diabetes can damage the kidneys, so presumably the patient got a kidney transplant. But yeah, looks like the journalist is getting the causation the wrong way round, I can’t think of why a kidney transplant would recover pancreatic islet function.
Ah thank you for resurfacing that fact I forgot. But I think you are right about the causation
Another fun fact is it also causes foot problems including ingrown toe nails