Immune cells that may help sustain type 1 diabetes attack identified
Type 1 diabetes isn't an overnight attack against the body's ability to make insulin. It can be a sustained campaign over years that relentlessly targets insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Scientists have not fully understood why this autoimmune attack—when the body's immune system mistakenly destroys its own healthy cells—persists so long rather than petering out.
Read original article on Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories →Related news
-
Chronic postsurgical pain affects women long after cesarean delivery
-
Blood proteins may help monitor Alzheimer’s treatment response
-
Intuitive eating may be linked to more than a healthier relationship with food
-
Neuromedin U drives immune suppression in aggressive prostate cancer
-
Scientists gave worms magnetic bacteria. They lived 43% longer
-
Why are more younger adults in the Eastern Mediterranean facing colorectal cancer?
-
USP15 enzyme emerges as potential target for ovarian cancer treatment
-
Uterus transplantation shows improving outcomes and successful births nationwide