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Volume 352:2642-2644 June 23, 2005 Number 25
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Type 1 Diabetes — Does Suppressing T Cells Increase Insulin?
Åke Lernmark, Med.Dr.

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During the ominous prelude to the onset of type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic-islet beta cells become the targets of a specific autoimmune attack, which ultimately results in diabetes. Although major advances have led to an improved understanding of this disease, important gaps in knowledge must be bridged before insulin replacement is shelved forever. The report by Keymeulen et al.1 in this issue of the Journal is further testimony to how complicated it will be to find a treatment that is superior to insulin alone.

The development of type 1 diabetes may be viewed as a two-step process. In the first . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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