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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Researchers at London’s Royal Free Hospital have found the immune system cell responsible for triggering the destruction of insulin-producing cells in type 1 diabetes.
Their finding could lead to new treatments that target this triggering process, potentially offering a way to cure or even prevent the condition.
Type 1 occurs when the body’s own immune system, which is meant to fight off diseases, attacks the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Previous research has found that T cells, part of the immune system, are behind the attack, but this is the first time researchers have identified the specific kind of T cell involved.
http://www.jdrf.org.uk/news/latest-news/jdrf-researchers-discover-cell-behind-type-1-diabetes
Their finding could lead to new treatments that target this triggering process, potentially offering a way to cure or even prevent the condition.
Type 1 occurs when the body’s own immune system, which is meant to fight off diseases, attacks the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Previous research has found that T cells, part of the immune system, are behind the attack, but this is the first time researchers have identified the specific kind of T cell involved.
http://www.jdrf.org.uk/news/latest-news/jdrf-researchers-discover-cell-behind-type-1-diabetes