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Transgenic cows boost human insulin production by 10X
(newatlas.com)
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Editing genes is incredibly complex. Changes to one gene can affect many seemingly unrelated systems. That's why they choose their targets very carefully.
And it can potentially work only for genetic decease. I'm not sure any type of diabetes would qualify.
Yeah type 1 is an immune response and type 2 is a lack of production.
So with 2 you could maybe up insulin production genetically. But that seems like a risky game haha