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World's First Cell Therapy Cures Man's Type 2 Diabetes

2/5/2026

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A 59-year-old man in China was reportedly cured of type 2 diabetes through cell therapy, marking a world first.
He had lived with diabetes 25 years and relied on insulin after losing pancreatic function in 2017 during a kidney transplant.
A cell transplant in July 2021 produced insulin independence 11 weeks later and exams confirmed restored pancreatic function.
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital conducted the work and published in Cell Discovery.

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Story summary

A 59-year-old man in China was reportedly cured of type 2 diabetes through cell therapy, marking a world first.
He had lived with diabetes 25 years and relied on insulin after losing pancreatic function in 2017 during a kidney transplant.
A cell transplant in July 2021 produced insulin independence 11 weeks later and exams confirmed restored pancreatic function.
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital conducted the work and published in Cell Discovery.