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Harvard Scientists Have Developed a Revolutionary New Treatment for Diabetes
- Genbox 4y agoNote: This article is about Type 1 Diabetes.
- jfengel 4y agoBuried in the 8th paragraph: ...spent the last two decades targeting an apoptosis mechanism that prevents “rogue” immune cells from causing diabetes or rejection of transplanted pancreatic islets by attaching a molecule called FasL to the islets’ surface. The trick: they added an immune-cell killer to transplanted cells, so that the transplant isn't killed off the same way your original cells were. Bonus: rather than adding "in rats", this one is at least "in cynomolgus monkeys". Hang on to your Dexcoms and pumps because they're not going anywhere any time soon, but it's at least a realistic approach.