Novel nanoparticle vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice

Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 12:08 in Health & Medicine

Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease. The study provides new and important insights into understanding how to stop the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes, and could even have implications for other autoimmune diseases.

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