Reply #42: true, but then, read this part

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"The doctors began by extracting bone marrow in a procedure that required 10 minutes of general anaesthesia. The stem cells were harvested from the marrow and injected through a catheter into the pancreas, with no need for surgery.

The entire procedure was carried out in a single day. The bone marrow was extracted in the morning, and the stem cells were injected during a two-hour process later in the day. "That evening, the patient walked out of the hospital," Saslavsky said."

It's a one-day, outpatient procedure. It sound like it wouldn't even be too expensive a treatment to administer.

The potential benefits far outweight the risks on this one. Further, intensive research is required, but wouldn't it be nice if this achievement put us firmly on the road to a cure for diabetes?

My grandmother died while in a diabetic coma. She would smile wide over this news...