| Where do they find all those diabetic hamsters? From what I understand, they have to kill the beta cells in the hamsters to make them diabetic. So regrowing them shouldn't be too hard. In a human being however, the body is killing the beta cells (type 1). From what I understand, the pancreas can regrow the cells, but the body keeps killing them off. So even if they find a drug to grow new cells, they still have to stop the body from destroying them.
I have never heard that type 2's need more beta cells. I thought that was just a problem with the body resisting the insulin that is already there. I don't see where they are going with this study. | 
