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Transplanted cells reveal early signs of type 1 diabetes

By the time type 1 diabetes is diagnosed, most of the insulin-producing beta cells have already been destroyed. Now, using

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the

Insulin is the hormone that manages glucose, the blood sugar that reaches unhealthy levels in diabetes patients is caused by

White blood cells make antibodies against pathogens or other invaders in healthy people. Pancreatic beta cells produce insulin, the hormone