# \#cure **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/cure/184.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [Viacyte--Cautiously Optimistic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/viacyte-cautiously-optimistic/1534)
**Author:** [@Bradford](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bradford)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/viacyte-cautiously-optimistic/1534 "2025-07-17T13:53:09Z")
Just saw this recently. Hopefully devices like these can offer a practical cure sooner than later. Immunosuppressive drugs are a deal-breaker for me though. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2142976-first-implants… --- ## [A thought came to me about pharma standing in the way of a type 1 cure](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-thought-came-to-me-about-pharma-standing-in-the-way-of-a-type-1-cure/14980)
**Author:** [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-thought-came-to-me-about-pharma-standing-in-the-way-of-a-type-1-cure/14980 "2024-11-07T00:05:38Z")
We tend to get caught up in our own issues and I hate to say it, provincialism. The thing is, most developed nations have national health care systems that keep obscene pharma profits down, unlike the USA. It is in the… --- ## [Trial: first human implants of stem-cell-issued beta cells](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/trial-first-human-implants-of-stem-cell-issued-beta-cells/6592)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/trial-first-human-implants-of-stem-cell-issued-beta-cells/6592 "2023-12-10T11:53:26Z")
This European trial uses ViaCyte’s stem cell line product PEC Direct, and has started implanting them in human subjects: dLife.com: First Human Trial of Stem Cell-derived Implants Underway in Type 1 Diabetes in Europe. … --- ## [Another cure for diabetes, but this one worked...at least once](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-cure-for-diabetes-but-this-one-worked-at-least-once/12102)
**Author:** [@bwschulz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bwschulz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [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")
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 seem… --- ## [New process grows insulin-producing Beta cells from stem cells](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-process-grows-insulin-producing-beta-cells-from-stem-cells/6713)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-process-grows-insulin-producing-beta-cells-from-stem-cells/6713 "2021-11-19T00:14:25Z")
This is really cool, and a step I have been waiting for for years: finally, scientists have been able to differentiate stem cells into beta cells that efficiently produce insulin. The process works in vivo (i.e. within a… --- ## [Fascinating new approach to diabetes cure: stopping cell senescence](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fascinating-new-approach-to-diabetes-cure-stopping-cell-senescence/6783)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fascinating-new-approach-to-diabetes-cure-stopping-cell-senescence/6783 "2019-03-08T21:03:23Z")
This direction was fascinating to me because it is the first time I see it applied to diabetes—I also see some great potential! This brand new study, also out of UCSF (the third in a week!), looks at a radically differe… --- ## [New technique could remove need for immunosuppressants in Beta cell grafts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-technique-could-remove-need-for-immunosuppressants-in-beta-cell-grafts/6707)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-technique-could-remove-need-for-immunosuppressants-in-beta-cell-grafts/6707 "2019-03-08T21:01:55Z")
Warning: this technique has only been tried with mice so far :slight\_smile: Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a new method to minimize the likelihood that a person’s body will re… --- ## [Man who said his T1D was cured](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/man-who-said-his-t1d-was-cured/4576)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/man-who-said-his-t1d-was-cured/4576 "2018-07-26T04:46:50Z")
Not sure if folks remembered the story going around a while back about a man whose T1D was cured in part because of a rare gene and ultra-marathons? An intern at the site where I work (Live Science) did a little digging … --- ## [Are the Faustman Lab claims vaporware?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/are-the-faustman-lab-claims-vaporware/3637)
**Author:** [@mentat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mentat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/are-the-faustman-lab-claims-vaporware/3637 "2018-03-12T05:51:01Z")
Every once in a while the FaustmanLab.org “potential cure” gets mentioned in online diabetes communities. I was surprised the topic hasn’t come up here. Faustman claims that a simple tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, has showe… --- ## [Novel Line of Research for a Cure UPDATE](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/novel-line-of-research-for-a-cure-update/605)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/novel-line-of-research-for-a-cure-update/605 "2018-01-31T02:52:57Z")
"Beta cell formation in vivo through cellular networking, integration and processing (CNIP) in wild type adult mice" Drs. Ralph Defronzo and Bruno Doiron have published research on a novel approach to cure T1 diabetes … --- ## [Insulinomas regenerate beta-cells](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulinomas-regenerate-beta-cells/2283)
**Author:** [@Cam\_TdT](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Cam_TdT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulinomas-regenerate-beta-cells/2283 "2017-10-06T22:27:52Z")
Insulinomas are (in general) benign tumors that are largely composed of regenerated beta cells, and that produce insulin. This study identified the genomic differences between regular beta cells and insulinomas: What… --- ## [Practical Cure from Stem Cells Arabia](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/practical-cure-from-stem-cells-arabia/2240)
**Author:** [@Bradford](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bradford)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/practical-cure-from-stem-cells-arabia/2240 "2017-10-06T13:57:06Z")
A new trial is underway with exciting preliminary results from a pilot study. 4 patients were treated with a combination of 2 stem cell procedures and went months without needing to inject insulin…all WITHOUT anti-rejec… --- ## [Neo-Islets...Has anybody heard of these before?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/neo-islets-has-anybody-heard-of-these-before/1366)
**Author:** [@Bradford](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bradford)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/neo-islets-has-anybody-heard-of-these-before/1366 "2017-07-04T00:15:10Z")
--- ## [The Four Research Pathways to a Practical Cure for Type 1 Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-four-research-pathways-to-a-practical-cure-for-type-1-diabetes/1018)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-four-research-pathways-to-a-practical-cure-for-type-1-diabetes/1018 "2017-05-23T19:13:27Z")
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