I think the biggest problem is that no one knows what damage has been done at the time of diagnosis and, it appears that beta cells don't just die off but spend some time not working very well before they die off. What you have lost is lost but some beta cells can be brought back to working order. It does mean however that you can get diabetes again and your personal tipping point is lower than it was originally, so still no more meat and potato pies and chorley cakes.
Roy Taylor's dept. whose research we mostly refer to, is actually the Magnetic Resonance Centre and they are concerned, amongst other things, in trying to refine methods of quantifying damage to the beta cells. But, they are not the only researchers, Imaging the Pancreatic Beta Cell
I always found it odd that you are diagnosed as diabetic on the basis of elevated blood glucose levels and not on insulin levels or insulin response but if blood glucose levels fall back to normal, they still don't measure insulin levels but won't take you off the diabetic register. Insulin, or the lack of it, is the problem. Blood glucose is the result of the problem.
Roy Taylor's dept. whose research we mostly refer to, is actually the Magnetic Resonance Centre and they are concerned, amongst other things, in trying to refine methods of quantifying damage to the beta cells. But, they are not the only researchers, Imaging the Pancreatic Beta Cell
I always found it odd that you are diagnosed as diabetic on the basis of elevated blood glucose levels and not on insulin levels or insulin response but if blood glucose levels fall back to normal, they still don't measure insulin levels but won't take you off the diabetic register. Insulin, or the lack of it, is the problem. Blood glucose is the result of the problem.