It may be possible to reverse type
1 diabetes by training a patient’s
own immune system to stop
attacking their body, an early trial
suggests.
A study in 80 patients, published
in the journal Science Translational
Medicine, showed a vaccine could
retrain their immune system not to
destroy insulin, the hormone that
controls blood sugar levels.
Experts described the results as a
“significant step”.
Prof Lawrence Steinman from the
Stanford University Medical Centre
said, “We’re very excited by these
results, which suggest that the
immunologist’s dream of shutting
down just a single subset of
dysfunctional immune cells without
wrecking the whole immune system
may be attainable.”
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