A vaccine for diabetes

1 August 2017 by sandy

Healthcare

A vaccine for type 1 diabetes developed by Finnish researchers will be tested on human subjects in late 2018. The scientists first found that the prototype works effectively and safely on mice, and now say?that the vaccine could be in mainstream use within eight years if the coming rounds of tests prove successful. http://www.snopes.com/diabetes-vaccine-2/

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IdeaSpies @ 2017.08.05 7:11 AM
Great to see more research to help diabetes sufferers. It's a problem for many!

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