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Murder mysteries in type 1 diabetes

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Nervous system cells surrounding insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed early in the development type 1 diabetes, reveals a new study. The findings broaden our ideas of the disease process and may lead to new prediagnostic markers and therapies (pages 198–205).

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Figure 1: Models of the initiation and progression of type 1 diabetes.

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