Neat News 2514 (added 2022-11-18)

Drug to delay onset of type 1 diabetes

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In diabetes type 1 the immune system attacks cells in the pancreas. In the USA, a drug, teplizumab, has been approved that can prevent this and delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by two years after a single treatment.

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News seen at: BBC - Health