T1D Diagnosis? Gut Bacteria May Hold the Clue
Over the past 50 years, type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased significantly in many developed countries around the world. There is a genetic component, but genes cannot explain the recent increase in T1D rates, and data suggests that changes in our modern environment have increased the risk for the disease. The human digestive tract hosts […]
Breakthrough T1D Leads Push to Develop a Vaccine for Viral Infections that Could Trigger T1D
Scientists worldwide are attempting to determine why some people predisposed to type 1 diabetes (T1D) eventually end up developing the disease. There is a genetic component involved, but that alone will not provide an answer for the 64,000 people who develop T1D in the United States each year, who, for the most part, lack any […]
