Well I think it was natural to phrase things fairly cautiously in the early results, but more work has been undertaken since, and the language has become bolder as changes have been observed in some subjects as to their insulin production and response (with talk of ‘rebooting’ beta cells).
www.diabetes.org.uk
This is from the paper:
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This study demonstrates that β cell ability to recover long-term function persists after diagnosis, changing the previous paradigm of irreversible loss of β cell function in type 2 diabetes.”
The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial reported return and persistence of non-diabetic blood glucose control in 46% of people with type 2 diabetes of up to 6 years duration. Detailed metabolic studies were performed on a subgroup (intervention, n = 64; control, n = 26). In the intervention group...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Further work is taking place with RETUNE, which I think studies the effect of weight loss in those who would not normally be identified as being particularly overweight
www.diabetes.org.uk
It’s still research which is ongoing, but the results certainly seem to have caused a bit of a stir.