Buried in the 8th paragraph:<p><pre><code> ...spent the last two decades targeting an apoptosis mechanism that prevents “rogue” immune cells from causing diabetes or rejection of transplanted pancreatic islets by attaching a molecule called FasL to the islets’ surface.
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The trick: they added an immune-cell killer to transplanted cells, so that the transplant isn't killed off the same way your original cells were.<p>Bonus: rather than adding "in rats", this one is at least "in cynomolgus monkeys".<p>Hang on to your Dexcoms and pumps because they're not going anywhere any time soon, but it's at least a realistic approach.