Ben-Gurion University researcher may have cure for Type 1 diabetes

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While methods of insulin administration have improved and modes of measuring how much insulin to give are far superior than they were in the 1920s, when insulin was discovered, there have been no major advancements toward a cure for Type 1 diabetes for almost a century.

Until now, Dr. Eli Lewis believes.

?Tissue damage actually plays a role in Type 1 diabetes? but it is often overlooked and under-studied,? Lewis?a world-renowned expert on autoimmune disease and the director of the Clinical Islet Laboratory of the Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Pharmacology at Ben-Gurion University (BGU)?told JNS.org. ?There was at least one stone that was left unturned.?

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-ar...rcher-may-have-cure-for-type-1-diabetes/40555
 
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