Monday, March 27, 2006

Diabetes patients gain hope from vaccine tests

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Date: March 28, 2006

By Jennifer Bails
TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Based on successful experiments with mice, the federal government yesterday approved the launch of an early-stage clinical trial to test the safety of a vaccine that could reverse the course of type 1 diabetes or even prevent onset of the disease. The vaccine is designed to work by using a patient's genetically modified immune cells to prevent the body from further destroying its insulin-producing cells.

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