The results from the first patient to receive Vertex's treatment for type 1 diabetes, VX-880, a therapy derived from stem cells, have been a cause for celebration for the Boston-based biotech company, it reports in a press release.
The patient's need for daily insulin doses has drastically decreased after they were injected with Vertex's synthetic insulin-producing cell therapy in combination with an immunosuppressive therapy.
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