Archive for the 'Diabetes (Type 1)' Category

Antibody Therapy for Type I Diabetes

January 14, 2007

The suspect? CD137, a T-cell. The crime? Destroying islet cells. The punishment? An antibody specially tailored to attack CD137. The place? University of Pittsburg (and, uh, the pancreas too depending on your perspective).
In this case, the name of the game is prevention, not a cure. In mice [...]