# Vertex clinical trials update **URL:** \ **Category:** D-News\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183 "2023-10-10T14:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/1 "2023-10-10T14:35:40Z")
> **[Vertex Releases New Data on Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes](https://diatribe.org/vertex-releases-new-data-potential-cure-for-type-1-diabetes?omhide=true&utm_source=diaTribe&utm_campaign=3e4ab9b704-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_05_16_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_22467a8528-3e4ab9b704-150215473)** > > A third patient with type 1 diabetes becomes insulin-independent after VX-880 stem cell treatment. Presented at the 2023 EASD conference, Vertex's early-phase trial shows promising results, potentially revolutionizing type 1 diabetes therapy. ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/2 "2023-10-10T15:04:37Z")
@CatLady Thanks for posting! Given the timeline involved, I might see its release but due to age will not likely be a candidate, but its great to know something is in offing for those that follow!! ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/3 "2023-10-11T01:54:31Z")
> [@CatLady](#): > > A third patient with type 1 diabetes becomes insulin-independent after VX-880 stem cell treatment. Please explain; what’s the new definition of T1D that means we are not insulin dependent unless we get some magic treatment? I can assure yall that I’ve been insulin dependent without any treatment! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/4 "2023-10-11T02:14:37Z")
> [@jbowler](#): > > I can assure yall that I’ve been insulin dependent without any treatment! Yes, **everyone** is insulin dependent. The only question is how we get the insulin! But I am sure they they mean independent from _exogenous_ insulin. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/5 "2023-10-12T00:30:33Z")
> But I am sure they they mean independent from _exogenous_ insulin. I’m pretty sure the post originally said: > A third patient with type 1 diabetes becomes insulin-dependent after VX-880 stem cell treatment. Note the lack of the “ **in** ” in “insulin-[**in**]dependent”. I do notice these things. Of course web pages get corrected even after the machine corrects the original correct scripture… I did try the Wayback Machine, but alas it no longer works and the web site in question seems to be doing things that block it. I don’t think I make mistakes like that. Of course there are many pasts yet only one future; that’s a religious statement, not a political one. It might be scientific. ---
**Author:** ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/6 "2023-10-12T02:02:07Z")
Great article - thanks for posting. The way I read the study, one participant had a dramatic reduction in external insulin required, while the second participant was not so much. Pretty interesting. e ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/7 "2024-01-06T17:29:17Z")
My father-in-law sent my wife the following on an MIT effort to help T1s ([An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes](https://news.mit.edu/2023/implantable-device-enable-injection-free-control-diabetes-0918)). It may be associated or supplementary to the Vertex effort, but thought folks might like to know about it. Again, its good to know there is hope and efforts being made that some of the younger folks suffering from T1 may benefit from, perhaps even from some of us older folk! ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vertex-clinical-trials-update/14183/8 "2024-10-08T15:10:46Z")
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