Promising Advances in Diabetes Cure and Treatment Trials
TL;DR
A small clinical trial suggests that a single infusion of the stem cell-based drug zimislecel may cure severe type 1 diabetes in most patients, eliminating the need for insulin and improving hypoglycemic unawareness, though long-term effects and safety require further study.
- People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug The New York Times
- Islet cell transplant trial outcome ‘major milestone’ toward cure for diabetes The Globe and Mail
- Vertex’s Islet Cell Therapy VX-880 Restores Endogenous Insulin Secretion in Type 1 Diabetes CGTLive®
- Off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes continues to show positive results STAT
- Vertex Presents Positive Data for Zimislecel in Type 1 Diabetes at the American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions Yahoo Finance
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