An exciting first step towards direct and stable correction of type I diabetes. NEJM paper here: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Also makes me wish our government still understood these kinds of advances require broad & sustained support of many different kinds of basic science
only way this happens
Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression | NEJM
The need to suppress a patient’s immune system after the transplantation of allogeneic cells is associated with wide-ranging side effects. We report the outcomes of transplantation of genetically m...
A man with type 1 diabetes is now able to make his own insulin thanks to a transplant of gene-edited pancreatic cells—a transplant that hasn’t required the typical drugs used to avoid rejection.
Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulin—No Transplant Drugs Required
A proof-of-concept study finds that donated insulin-producing cells can be genetically modified to avoid provoking the recipient's immune system.