• frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    10 months ago

    So they’re repurposing surviving pancreas cells to produce insulin like the destroyed beta cells used to, but what are they doing about the autoimmune response? Will my immune system just kill the new insulin-producing cells as well?

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      10 months ago

      Presumably not, since the repurposed cells won’t have the same surface antigens that the immune system targets for destruction.