There’s other coverage of the “cure” here:
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/10October/Pages/very-early-days-diabetes-pill.aspx
and here:
http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2011/10/express-takes-enormous-leap-of-faith.html
to summarise both of the above, reports of a cure are greatly exagerated. As always.