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'Friendly' bacteria protect against type 1 diabetes
Sep 21, 2008 |
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In a dramatic illustration of the potential for microbes to prevent disease, researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago showed that mice exposed to common stomach bacteria were protected against the development ...
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Immune responses spread from one protein to another in type 1 diabetes
Dec 02, 2006 |
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) occurs when the immune system inappropriately attacks cells in the pancreas. Although many of the proteins attacked during T1D have been identified, it has not been determined whether immune responses ...
Type-1 diabetes not so much bad genes as good genes behaving badly
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Investigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place, new research at the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests.
Scientists probe limits of 'cancer stem-cell model'; Melanoma does not fit the model
Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most promising new ideas about the causes of cancer, known as the cancer stem-cell model, must be reassessed because it is based largely on evidence from a laboratory test that ...
Type 1 diabetes triggered by 'lazy' regulatory T-cells
Jan 14, 2008 |
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A research team led by Dr. Ciriaco A. Piccirillo of McGill University’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology has discovered that in some individuals, the specialized immunoregulatory T-cells that regulate the body’s ...
Researchers uncover gene's role in type 1 diabetes
Nov 07, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have identified an enzyme thought to be an important instigator of the inner-body conflict that causes Type 1 diabetes. A chronic condition that affects nearly three ...
AAT protein restores blood glucose in type 1 diabetes model
Oct 14, 2008 |
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A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore blood glucose levels in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, according ...
Defeating nicotine's double role in lung cancer
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors was shown to double survival time in mice, according to Italian researchers.
Type 1 diabetes may result from good genes behaving badly
Sep 19, 2008 |
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New research from Stanford University scientists suggests that type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that develops in children and young adults, may not be due to bad genes but rather to good genes behaving badly.
Two cancer drugs prevent, reverse type 1 diabetes, study shows
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. The drugs – imatinib (marketed ...
Of mice and men: Stem cells and ethical uncertainties
Oct 29, 2009 |
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The recent creation of live mice from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) not only represents a remarkable scientific achievement, but also raises important issues, according to bioethicists at The Johns Hopkins University's ...
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