|
|
|
Yale Advance in Diabetes Research
|
Business New Haven
10/4/1999
By:
|
| In an important advance in diabetes research, scientists at the Yale School of Medicine have identified insulin proteins as the targets of aggressive attacks by cells that cause diabetes, clearing the way for further research into diverting these attacks and preventing the disease. Published in the September issue of Nature Medicine magazine, the findings should make it easier to uncover genetic and environmental influences that allow autoreative clones - cells that react to the body's own proteins - to emerge and thrive in people with diabetes, according to F. Susan Wong, associate research scientist in the immunobiology section at Yale's medical school. "This is the first time that the target of CDS cells that cause Type I diabetes has been recognized," said Wong. "Now that we know that insulin is an important autoantigenic target, we can use this knowledge to find out how to prevent the attacks."
|
Go FirstGo PreviousGo
NextGo LastGo
to Index
|
|
