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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by nobody_nowhere on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:08AM (#36747845)
…if you don’t want to have a functioning immune system
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Re:A functional cure for diabetes is now available in the US by thebooktocome on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:14AM (#36747932)
> In March 2023, the FDA gave Vertex the greenlight to begin clinical trials of VX-264, an advanced version of the therapy in which the transplanted islets are encapsulated in a device that protects them from the recipient’s immune system, eliminating the need for immunosuppression.

They’re working on it.

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