#2 angie Offline Joined: Feb 11 2008 Posts: 123 ??? no, type 1 is an autoimmune disorder ??? the immune system attacks and kills the beta cells of the pancreas, and they say those cells don???t regenerate & patients have to inject insulin for the rest of their lives. (They used to say that brain cells didn???t regenerate, either, but now they are finding they really do ;) Type 2 is a metabolic dis