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USA's Rockefeller University gives hope to Type 1 diabetes sufferers.

Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry - is not even a "subject" - but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.

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Good news from USA’s Rockefeller University!  Researchers halted Type 1 diabetes in lab mice by restoring a critical class of T cells to their normal balance.  It is believed this could be the first step leading to the prevention of Type 1 diabetes in humans: autoimmunity can be reversed if the immune system’s mechanisms for tolerance – recognition and acceptance of the body’s own cells – can be repaired.

Kristin Tarbell, Ph.D. and Sayuri Yamazaki, M.D., Ph.D used dendritic cells from mice with early Type 1 diabetes to stimulate greater numbers of T suppressor cells, halting the onset of disease in the animals.

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