Rats - in case you havent heard

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20867.aspx

Wow that is really exciting.

I saw the post to the TV news article. the way it sounds though, at least the immediate treatment, deals specifically with T1 as the process is to rebuild the islet cell so the pancreas can produce insulin again. for T2’s with low islet production, it would certainly help treatment, but insulin resistant patients would still have 1/2 of their disease to deal with. I agree though, its an interesting treatment with some serious potential. If only i was a rat :wink:

more…http://www.kplr11.com/news/ktvi-diabetes-cure-rats-pigs-062810,0,907235.story