In current pancreas transplants, you keep your old pancreas, for that very reason. Yes, surgery is bad for your health, but T1D is pretty bad, even if “well-controlled.” If the cloned islets aren’t destroyed in the same way, it’s almost certainly a win. It occurs to me that foreign islets might avoid the autoimmune problem, but it’s only worth it for the worst T1D cases.
In current pancreas transplants, you keep your old pancreas, for that very reason. Yes, surgery is bad for your health, but T1D is pretty bad, even if “well-controlled.” If the cloned islets aren’t destroyed in the same way, it’s almost certainly a win. It occurs to me that foreign islets might avoid the autoimmune problem, but it’s only worth it for the worst T1D cases.