16 July 2007 08:45
News Centre
by parmentierf (via)The identification of these genes will help advance research on two fronts: prevention and treatment. Prevention, as the findings will help develop more effective tests for newborns prone to developing type I diabetes. Treatment, as, according to Dr. Hakonarson, “we can now design highly specific drugs that will precisely target the effects of the defective gene.” These treatments, combined with a stem cells regeneration therapy, will relieve patients of all symptoms of diabetes.
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