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September 12, 2008

Research: Cure

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Question from Uruguay:

Can a person newly diagnosed with type 1 be cured or at least protect the amount of islets that are not dead? Is there a way to stop the autoimmune illness before it destroys all the islets?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

There are currently research trials underway to test this hypothesis through TrialNet. The answer to the question is not yet available.

JTL