# News Blog Posting: Smart Insulin, T-Rex, and Simponi

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-blog-posting-smart-insulin-t-rex-and-simponi/2678>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Tags:** research\
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-blog-posting-smart-insulin-t-rex-and-simponi/2678 "2017-11-20T02:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshualevy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/joshualevy/32/2189_2.png) [@joshualevy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/joshualevy)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-blog-posting-smart-insulin-t-rex-and-simponi/2678/1 "2017-11-20T02:00:27Z")

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I just published a blog posting with three short updates on research aimed a curing type 1 diabetes:

- Merck Cancels “Smart Insulin” (MK-2640) After Unsuccessful Phase-I Trial
- Phase-II T-Rex Trial Update
- SIMPONI (Golimumab) Starts A Phase-I Trial In Pre-Symptomatics

You can read all the details here:

> **[Possible Cures for Type-1 in the News (November)](https://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/2017/11/possible-cures-for-type-1-in-news.html)**
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> Merck Cancels "Smart Insulin" (MK-2640) After Unsuccessful Phase-I Trial This is the news everyone hoped we would not get.  After completi...

Joshua