Source: Weill Cornell Medical College
Posted: March 9, 2007, 16:35 ET
Summary:
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College may have reached a breakthrough in the search for a lasting cure for type 1 diabetes. Reporting in the Feb. 20 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team greatly boosted the number of immune T-cells able to shield transplanted pancreatic islet cells from attack by the immune system. Insulin-producing islet cells are deficient in type 1 diabetes.
