Diabetic cure

The claim is mostly true, but with important caveats: ✅ What’s accurate: A Chinese research team at Shanghai’s Changzheng Hospital has reported a first-in-human stem-cell therapy that regenerated insulin-producing islet (β‑) cells in a patient with long-standing Type 2 diabetes (T2D) . The procedure used the patient’s own blood-derived stem cells, converted into functional β‑cell–containing islets, and transplanted in July 2021 . Within 11 weeks, the patient became insulin‑independent, and roughly a year later had also stopped all oral diabetes medications . Follow‑up data up to 33 months post-transplant showed sustained restored pancreatic function . ⚠️ What’s still uncertain: This breakthrough has been reported in only one person so far —far too early to call it a cure applicable to the broader diabetic population. It’s published in the scientific journal Cell Discovery, a well-regarded peer-reviewed platform . These are early-stage r...