Funding the search for a diabetes cure

When Melanie Hibbard’s two children were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she wanted to do more than focus just on treatment for her loved ones.

“As a parent, I felt I’ve got to do something. This can’t be all there is to this,” she said.

For years Hibbard volunteered with organizations for diabetes awareness…

Call Medicine Report

Shapiro et al. report preliminary proof-of concept that in 17 people with type 1diabetes, pancreatic endoderm cells in an investigational subcutaneous device (VC02) achieved engraftment and insulin expression in 63% …

Publish Report on Stem Cell Derived Therapy

We are excited to announce that promising results from an international, first-in-human clinical trial showed that the ViaCyte #stemcell derived therapy can produce insulin in people with #T1D! The results …