New York, NY, April 21, 2015 – Children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) must inject insulin several times a day for the rest of their lives because their own immune systems have destroyed the pancreatic cells that produce insulin. The immune system normally learns to ignore its own proteins in a process known as tolerance. Early exposure to these self-proteins usually causes the body to produce protective cells that prevent the immune system from destroying its own cells.
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