Strategy For Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Supported By Ongoing Clinical Trial

A phase I clinical trial has confirmed that use of a generic vaccine to raise levels of an immune system modulator can cause the death of autoimmune cells targeting the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas and temporarily restore insulin secretion in human patients with type 1 diabetes. Results of the study - led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Immunobiology Laboratory - are being published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, and a larger Phase II trial is currently underway... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..