The team used the patient's own peripheral blood mononuclear cells, transformed them into "seed cells," and reconstituted pancreatic tissue.
  • @pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6•6 months ago

    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.

    • @FlihpFlorp@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•6 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