Stopping Diabetes In Mice - Researchers Make Major Breakthrough

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According to a study published in the scientific journal Diabetes, Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institutet managed to prevent onset of Type 1 diabetes in mice genetically susceptible to the disease by injecting them with specifically prepared cells that prevented insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells from continuously being destroyed before clinical diabetes occurs. In Type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks and kills insulin-producing beta cells, leading to an insulin deficiency that needs to be rectified by injecting insulin...
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