Breakthrough in Type 1 diabetes research

A CANADIAN-LED research team has uncovered the trigger for Type 1 diabetes, a “breakthrough” that allowed them to cure the disease in mice and could ease the suffering of millions worldwide.

“This discovery, a breakthrough that has long been the elusive goal of diabetes research, has led to new treatment strategies for diabetes,” the scientists said in a statement Friday.

The findings by researchers at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Calgary and the Jackson Laboratory in Maine were published in the December 15 issue of the journal Cell.