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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes in mice genetically bred to develop the disease. Moreover, just two injections maintained disease remission indefinitely without harming the immune system.
The findings, published online ahead of print (June 29, 2012) in the journal Diabetes, suggest for the first time that using a short course of immunotherapy may someday be of value for reversing the onset of Type I diabetes in recently diagnosed people. This form of diabetes, formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, is an autoimmune disease in which the body?s own immune T cells target and destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/antibodies-reverse-type-1-diabetes-in-new-immunotherapy-study
The findings, published online ahead of print (June 29, 2012) in the journal Diabetes, suggest for the first time that using a short course of immunotherapy may someday be of value for reversing the onset of Type I diabetes in recently diagnosed people. This form of diabetes, formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, is an autoimmune disease in which the body?s own immune T cells target and destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/antibodies-reverse-type-1-diabetes-in-new-immunotherapy-study