# Another cure for diabetes, but this one worked...at least once

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**Tags:** type-1, cure, study\
**Created:** [November 27, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-cure-for-diabetes-but-this-one-worked-at-least-once/12102 "2021-11-27T16:45:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-cure-for-diabetes-but-this-one-worked-at-least-once/12102/1 "2021-11-27T16:45:08Z")

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> **[A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html)**
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> A new treatment using stem cells that produce insulin has surprised experts and given them hope for the 1.5 million Americans living with the disease.

Sounds promising. Stem cell treatment, so it does require immunosuppression (which might be worse that diabetes for most of us). It appears to only require infusion and not a surgical implant though. First patient seems to have been cured, so it looks promising. I think this is the study on [ClinicalTrials.gov](http://ClinicalTrials.gov):

> **[A Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy Study of VX-880 in Participants With Type...](https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04786262)**
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> A Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy Study of VX-880 in Participants With Type 1 Diabetes - Full Text View.

(found based on same study sponsor- Vertex Pharmaceuticals & treatment is a biologic)

They seem to still be recruiting patients (only 17 total) from multiple sites around the country. Not even a phase 1 trial yet! The official title calls it “A Phase 1/2 Study”. Very interesting- if only they would combine this with that treatment to stop your T-cells from destroying your islet cells so they can drop the immunosuppression (I don’t remember where I saw that one- someone please post a link below if you remember).