I do not think this research has the silver bullet. Researchers have been looking at using stem cells as a way of regenerating the islets in the pancreas, but there are major hurdles according to the reports I have read
For a start, stem cells are a bit like a new ROM memory. They are unprogrammed at birth and need to be programmed before they can function. Once programmed they cannot be reprogrammed or re-used. We all have quite a store of blank cells available, but they have to be harvested from the bone marrow in the spine which is where they live, They do not inhabit the blood except when in transit to replace a dead or damaged cell. The level of blanks in the blood is generally low.
Programming the blank cells is a challenge in its own right and not a simple USB boot function. This may be where these researchers have succeeded. And in mice only which is the next hurdle to claiming a cure.
Finally, for T1D there is the so far unanswered conundrum of overcoming the reason why their immune system is destroying beta cells in the first place and stopping that from continuing. After all. the original Beta cells were already native to the territory, and the teams claim that using the patient's own stem cells will do this has not yet been proven (except in mice?)
Lastly, I query the state of the mice used in their experiments. How was the diabetes state induced for the experiment? Were they bred diabetic, or by chemically suppressor induction?
