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[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a type 1 diabetic this almost sounds too good to be true but I’m gonna believe

Skimmed the article so correct me if I’m wrong but this sounds more like a drug for type 2 diabetes which is what people usually think of (overweight, low exercise, poor diet)

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Based on the fact only select few type 2's take insulin injections, more or less based on not altering their diet/exercise, I figured it was for type 1's. Up top the article states "There are approximately 425 million people worldwide with diabetes. Approximately 75 million of these inject themselves with insulin daily." I interpreted this as a reference to type 1's as there are many more type 2's in the world. Regardless, it's really cool news from where I stand.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah I mean regardless this is awesome but thanks for clarifying

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

This is the most promising research I've read in a while. I wish them the best of luck with their human trials.