Scientists reprogrammed a woman's fat cells to become insulin-making beta cells, reversing her type 1 diabetes.
    • Comprehensive49
      2·
      1 year ago

      My dude, the person isn’t being called fat 😊, though reading the article that way makes it kinda morbidly hilarious.

      The type of cells are adipose cells, which are also called fat cells, because they store fat in them.

    • OhHiMarx
      3·
      1 year ago

      The article does mention it. The Pt was already on immunosuppressants due to organ transpant. A significant portion of the article is spent addressing this.