Gene therapy stimulates protein that blocks immune attack and prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Increasing a specific protein in areas of the pancreas that produce insulin blocks the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes, researchers reported in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, published early online.

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