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A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections

In a small trial, 10 of 12 type 1 diabetes patients no longer needed supplemental insulin

Clusters of brownish yellow cells used for diabetes treatment, viewed under a microscope.

These human islet cells, which were created in the lab using stem cells, are part of a new therapy for people with type 1 diabetes.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

By Meghan Rosen

A new therapy for type 1 diabetes could nix the need for insulin injections.

Just a single infusion of lab-grown pancreatic cells let patients’ bodies make all the insulin they needed, scientists report June 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine.