US researchers believe a newly found sugar molecule used by cancer cells to evade the immune system may also protect insulin-producing cells
Scientific breakthroughs in one disease do not always shed light on treating other diseases. But that has been the surprising journey of a research team from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, in the US state of Minnesota.
After identifying a sugar molecule that cancer cells use on their surfaces to hide from the immune system, the researchers have found that the same molecule may eventually help in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes.
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