Health & Fitness
New Treatment For Type 1 Diabetics Gives Hope To University Of Chicago Patients
The medication, tegoprubart, has been modified over the last 25 years to help bring positive results for type 1 diabetic patients.
October 31, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) – A groundbreaking treatment for type 1 diabetes is showing promising results for patients in Chicago. It's a minimally invasive procedure that could mean diabetics don't have to inject themselves with insulin.
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Three patients at the University of Chicago Medicine are in the trial for the treatment. One is off insulin. The other is reducing his insulin requirement and hopes to stop soon.
"This medication has a great potential to be less toxic to the patient and be more beneficial providing better outcomes in islet transplantation," said Dr. Piotr Witkowski, a professor of surgery at UChicago Medicine.
