Yale’s Kevan Herold was the senior investigator on a clinical trial which showed that the drug teplizumab — recently approved for pediatric patients with Stage 3 Type 1 diabetes — delays the progression of the disease.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has approved teplizumab, with Diabetes UK saying it 'marks the start of a new age of treatment'.

Teplizumab is approved for children aged eight and over