In early clinical trial, people with Type 1 diabetes are able to go off insulin

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More research is needed, but experts are cautiously optimistic about the results. Patients in the trial got an experimental drug to prevent transplant rejection with fewer side effects.

Oct. 4, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT

By Akshay Syal, M.D., Anne Thompson and Jessica Herzberg

Katie Beth Hand was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 13 years ago. Since then, the 40-year-old said, she rarely went to sleep without thinking about her blood sugar.

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