- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English37•4 months ago
I want to believe, but do we have independent third parties that acknowledge the victory? Is it more than just a report?
- FlihpFlorp ( @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee ) English8•4 months ago
As a type 1 diabetic with a type 2 family member I want to be excited but I cannot for the life of me be suspicious, what are the talking about with the kidney. I mean maybe I’m missing something I only have diabetes idk everything about it
- pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) English6•4 months ago
Diabetes can damage the kidneys, so presumably the patient got a kidney transplant. But yeah, looks like the journalist is getting the causation the wrong way round, I can’t think of why a kidney transplant would recover pancreatic islet function.
- FlihpFlorp ( @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee ) English1•4 months ago
damage the kidneys
Ah thank you for resurfacing that fact I forgot. But I think you are right about the causation
Another fun fact is it also causes foot problems including ingrown toe nails
- cordlesslamp ( @cordlesslamp@lemmy.today ) 7•4 months ago
I would take anything “world’s first in China” with a shit load of salt.
- GiddyGap ( @GiddyGap@lemm.ee ) 6•4 months ago
But also don’t automatically dismiss until we know more.
- technocrit ( @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 6•4 months ago
Wow a study of one person?!? Sounds like a top tier scientific result. \s
- refalo ( @refalo@programming.dev ) 6•4 months ago
China leads the world in academic fraud.
A common scam is to attribute medical miracles to stem cells - Similar to the cloning scandal from Korea - Because they know other countries legally CAN’T test the findings to either prove or discredit. They do this to fleece foreign institutions out of money and prestige.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English2•4 months ago
That cloning scandal was crazy! If anyone wants a decent doc series with fancy editing:
- pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) English4•4 months ago
Don’t dismiss it based on that criteria. It’s a particular type of study called a case study where they go more in-depth on a particular case or set of cases. Of course it should be complemented by other types of studies, but that’s just true of science in general. The danger, of course, is when laymen and journalists get excited over something like a case study and start spreading bad advice.