[Lizavetta]

ten years since diagnosis, islet cells long dead.

My children's endocrinologist has said that they've recently made the discovery that the beta cells are continually being produced but that they are killed by the autoimmune disease at a faster rate.

[kalt]

My children's endocrinologist has said that they've recently made the discovery that the beta cells are continually being produced but that they are killed by the autoimmune disease at a faster rate.

If that's right, it is great to hear! I hadn't heard that. Then again, I hadn't heard anything to the contrary.

[slowhandluke]

My children's endocrinologist has said that they've recently made the discovery that the beta cells are continually being produced but that they are killed by the autoimmune disease at a faster rate.

See post 100.