Type 1 diabetes: pathogenesis and prevention

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Type 1 diabetes results from the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Genetic and, as yet undefined, environmental factors act together to precipitate the disease. The excess mortality associated with the complications of type 1 diabetes and the increasing incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes emphasize the importance of therapeutic strategies to prevent this chronic disorder....

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