Cure for Type 1 diabetes imminent after Harvard stem-cell breakthroughhereTelegraph
Nearly 50years after the autoimmune nature of type 1 diabetes was discovered, no therapy has been approved to alter the course of the disease at any stage. However, during that same period, technology has been delivering tools to help patients achieve better glycemic control and reduce the ...
In 2017 researchers kicked off a Phase 1/2 human clinical trial testing an experimental implant designed to replace the missing insulin cells in type 1 diabetics. The device has been described as a “functional cure” for type 1 diabetes. This means it isn’t a direc...
Science could be well on its way to a cure for type 1 diabetes, as researchers hone transplant therapies designed to restore patients' ability to produce their own insulin, experts say.
Narrator:Peter Hansell is 68. A few years ago, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Peter Hansell:When I was diagnosed, I didn’t think it would have the restrictions it had on my life, it just wasn’t s...
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the pancreas, reducing the body’s ability to make insulin. It develops most commonly in children and young adults and is a lifelong condition. There is currently no cure for type 2 diabetes. Treatment focuses on insu...
Johnson & Johnson, continuing its long quest for a Type 1 diabetes cure, is joining forces with biotech company ViaCyte to speed development of the first stem cell treatment that could fix the life-threatening hormonal disorder. They've already begun testing it in a small number of dia...
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), led by Fàtima Bosch, have shown for the first time that it is possible to cure diabetes in large animals with a single session of gene therapy. As published this week in Diabetes, the princi
It isn’t unheard of for people with Type 1 diabetes to suddenly be able to produce enough of their own insulin for a month or two at a time – known as a “diabetes honeymoon” – but it’s completely unprecedented for that to last 18 months, Elliott said. The difference, of course...
Although the exact cause of type 1 diabetes isn’t known, it’s thought to be caused by an autoimmune response where the body attacks and destroys the pancreas’ beta cells, the cells that produceinsulin. For years, researchers have looked at‘curing’ diabetesby using stem cells to createin...