Dx Dialogues: what I'm most excited about in type 1 diabetes research - beta cell "factories" and gene editing

Sandra Sobel, MD, talks about the things she's most excited for in type 1 diabetes research - beta cell "factories" and gene editing.

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What I'm really most excited about on the horizon in the type I diabetes space is just the explosion of research

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and the results that are being published on the success of gene edited beta cell therapies, these beta cell factories coming

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from stem cells. Because the truth is, we have millions of individuals

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living with type 1 diabetes. And it is absolutely necessary that if we are going to try to provide them with a cure,

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we need to have enough beta cells available for all of these individuals. It's really important that these beta cell factories

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have the funding they need to produce viable and safe beta cells for our patients. I'm also very excited about the gene editing technologies,

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where these therapies that are being offered to individuals can be done in a way that can evade the immune response

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from an individual's own immune system without them needing to rely on immunosuppression therapy. [EASY LISTENING MUSIC]