Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, which primarily surfaces in childhood, where the immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, leaving children facing a lifetime of daily insulin therapy to try to keep blood sugar levels under control.  Currently the only treatments available to ‘cure’ type 1 diabetes are pancreas transplantation and Islet cell transplantation.  Both are seen as a last resort … Continue reading Lower levels of four proteins crucial for immune response found in T1 diabetes patients.