# Interesting Story, Man with T1 has Gene, Able to stop insulin injections

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-story-man-with-t1-has-gene-able-to-stop-insulin-injections/1203>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [June 10, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-story-man-with-t1-has-gene-able-to-stop-insulin-injections/1203 "2017-06-10T00:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-story-man-with-t1-has-gene-able-to-stop-insulin-injections/1203/1 "2017-06-10T00:52:34Z")

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> **[Northampton man with type 1 diabetes who stopped injecting says he has rare...](https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2017/jun/northampton-man-with-type-1-diabetes-who-stopped-injecting-says-he-has-rare-gene-92467442.html)**
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> A British man with type 1 diabetes who travelled to America for tests after he came off insulin has been told he has a ‘rare gene’. Daniel Darkes, from Daventry in Northampto, received tests in March to understand why he was able to cease his insulin...

Interesting case.

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-story-man-with-t1-has-gene-able-to-stop-insulin-injections/1203/2 "2017-06-12T23:14:16Z")

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That, @Chris, was an amazing story.

There are some people working on genotype change mechanisms using targeted viruses.