Researchers from Italy have found a statistically significant association between enteroviral infection and diagnosis of type-1 diabetes in children. They reported their findings at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego, California. Type 1 diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a disorder of the body's immune system. The patient's own immune system is somehow activated to slowly destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas until the patient's body cannot produce insulin anymore...
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