Insulin 'Still Produced' in Most People With Type 1 Diabetes

[Northerner]

New technology has enabled scientists to prove that most people with type 1 diabetes have active beta cells, the specialized insulin-making cells found in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system destroys the cells making insulin, the substance that enables glucose in the blood to gain access to the body's cells.

It was previously thought that all of these cells were lost within a few years of developing the condition.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131009213816.htm

I've definitely got some active beta cells! 🙂