Current Research into Cures for Type-1 Diabetes

Dr. Wilson was kind enough to tell me that his Phase-I study of Pioglitazone is about half way enrolled. They are hoping to enroll 15 peopl...

Bayhill is in the middle of a phase-I clinical trial of BHT-3021 which is designed to train the body's immune system not to attack itsel...

LCT has (finally) gotten government approval to start a phase-I human trial of their DiabeCell product. This is an encapsulated pig pancrea...

The Exsulin company is hoping to start Phase-I human trials in June 2009 (so right soon now). They are testing a new formulation of INGAP ...

DiaKine is about to start it's first clinical trial in a research program aimed at curing type-1 diabetes. Their treatment is Lisofylli...

Haller at University of Florida is running a research program to transfuse into honeymoon diabetics their own (previously frozen) umbilical ...

This is a "new to me" phase-I study of Etanercept (ENBREL) , which just published it's results last week: http://www.clinical...

LCT has recently had three news items on their progress. They have completed a phase-I clinical trial. Their basic technology is to take ...

I recently found out about two clinical trials into the drug Kineret also known as Anakinra (an Anti-Interleukin-1 treatment). A phase-I s...

Peakman's Phase-I Results Years ago, when I first started tracking research to cure type-1 diabetes, Peakman's clinical trial was on...

LCT has released some more data on their Phase-I clinical trial. This includes longer term data on the first five people in the study, and ...

I've gotten a couple of questions about Burt's research, which is being done in Brazil. Below is my update on this research, togeth...

Someone asked me (in personal email) to give a summary of LCT's research [r1] in much the same way I summarized Faustman's research....

This clinical trial treats honeymoon diabetes (during first 6 weeks) with ATG. The hope is for some beta cell preservation. This is a prelu...

This trial is open to people diagnosed between 3 months and 4 years ago, so it's not a classic "honeymoon only" study, but it ...

Before I describe the history of Faustman's research into curing type-1 diabetes, I wanted to say a little bit about my own history. In ...

LCT has just posted results from their Phase-I human trials. They are transplanting encapsulated pig islet cells. If successful, their cur...

I just poked around the Bayhill's web site a little. They are in the middle of a Phase-I trial aimed at curing type-1 diabetes. I notice...