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RE: A New Method For Curing Type I Diabetes?

in #medicine7 years ago (edited)

It is well known that the etiology of type 1 diabetes remains unknown. The best studied factor is the autoimmune: T lymphocytes attack the beta cells in the pancreatic islets. As a trigger, there is usually a history of a previous viral infection (difficult to determine). Regarding this, the question arises to me about the following: After the original beta cells were destroyed, the T lymphocytes could develop a new attack on the transplanted cells? It will be interesting to know the results in the medium and long term. Hmmmmm... Interesting.

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Excellent point and that is also a potential confounder here - was the recovery in function due to the immunosuppression restoring original pancreatic function, the transplant or a combination of the two? We need more research and there is unlikely to be an easy solution.