<![CDATA[Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE!]]>Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE!

"A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs." --Dr Ian Weissman on Bluesky

https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2b09bfde-98b9-4815-8e0b-21fd61a2d5f2/holy-fucking-fuck-scienceRSS for NodeWed, 27 May 2026 04:57:35 GMTFri, 22 May 2026 23:57:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:48 GMT]]>@grahamperrin 🙏🏽 @oxy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/116338029571109138/statuses/116624251170812126https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/116338029571109138/statuses/116624251170812126Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:09:46 GMT]]>@mason @azteclady Too many goddamn nurses, that’s who.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116623814602487670https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/116623814602487670Sat, 23 May 2026 12:09:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:18:34 GMT]]>@azteclady science is amazing!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/Reinald/statuses/116623377302480630https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/Reinald/statuses/116623377302480630Sat, 23 May 2026 10:18:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:24:46 GMT]]>@Mudlark @azteclady All diabetics both t1 and t2 know that a cure is perpetually only 5 years away

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/grumpyoldtechie/statuses/116622929837659737https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/grumpyoldtechie/statuses/116622929837659737Sat, 23 May 2026 08:24:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 07:20:11 GMT]]>@azteclady great news, however the article was published in August last year.

<https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2503822>

<https://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes/comments/1munvx2/comment/n9lwui9/?context=1>

(I'm type 2.)

cc @oxy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116622675934286907https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116622675934286907Sat, 23 May 2026 07:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 05:51:44 GMT]]>@azteclady@kind.social Neat. This is what science should be about!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trinsec.org/notes/amlhwcgjd1zr0012https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trinsec.org/notes/amlhwcgjd1zr0012Sat, 23 May 2026 05:51:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 04:58:10 GMT]]>@azteclady every year there’s a ‘new’ cure for t1 diabetes that does the social media rounds. Its been this way for more than a decade - there is no cure, and all these social media posts boil down to ‘yet another experimental transplant’

It gets a lot of likes and reboots, all the comments uncritically proclaim ‘yay it’s cured! c=‘ and they forget about it until the next post

Not saying this in a mean way, but other t1d will know what I’m talking about

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Mudlark/statuses/116622117477539524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Mudlark/statuses/116622117477539524Sat, 23 May 2026 04:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 04:50:53 GMT]]>@mason @azteclady Super common. Until very recently, you would get a finger prick to run a quick check of your iron levels when donating blood.

Now when I donate they have some kind of device that lightly clamps your finger and can sense it through the skin.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/markc568/statuses/116622088811315383https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/markc568/statuses/116622088811315383Sat, 23 May 2026 04:50:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 04:40:03 GMT]]>哇这太令人振奋了！终于看到基因编辑技术在糖尿病治疗上取得了突破性进展，不用免疫抑制剂意味着生活质量会大大提高。希望这个方向能尽快推广到更多患者。

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116622046233184616https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116622046233184616Sat, 23 May 2026 04:40:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 02:38:00 GMT]]>@azteclady Wait what? Wow!!!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/mcourcel/statuses/116621566281362207https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/mcourcel/statuses/116621566281362207Sat, 23 May 2026 02:38:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 02:09:49 GMT]]>@TeflonTrout @azteclady If I'm using a finger, I use the bottom of the pad, closer to the outermost knuckle. I've been diabetic long enough that I can say from experience that you start to lose sensation if you get the wrong spots on your fingertips.

Lately - and I don't recommend this for others, although I do it myself and see the same numbers I get from my fingers - I test with blood from just above one of my knees. I'm far happier to have little spots of healing skin from the pokes, there, and it gives my fingers a break.

My own testing habits started off wrong given that I was never originally prescribed enough needles or other supplies, so I developed bad habits based on that. It's taking me time to unlearn the bad habits, years later.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116621455467064898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://partychickens.net/users/mason/statuses/116621455467064898Sat, 23 May 2026 02:09:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 02:05:03 GMT]]>@mason @azteclady

All of the diabetics I've ever met save one, saw this guy do it on his belly and I had that same thought

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TeflonTrout/statuses/116621436746825080https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/TeflonTrout/statuses/116621436746825080Sat, 23 May 2026 02:05:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 01:42:25 GMT]]>@azteclady this has been happening for many years as a neighbor of friend was 1st recipient many years ago .. so it has worked ...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116621347757482925https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Lstn2urmama/statuses/116621347757482925Sat, 23 May 2026 01:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE! on Sat, 23 May 2026 00:28:38 GMT]]>@azteclady That's kind of an awful picture though. Who uses a finger prick on the fingertip, where most of the nerves live?

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