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Presence of Certain Antibodies Predict Diabetes Risk.(type 1 diabetes)

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2001 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers are able to predict which children are at risk for type 1 diabetes, and they are studying prevention through a variety of different means including vaccination and immunosuppression, according to George Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, a leading childhood diabetes expert.

"To predict childhood diabetes, we look for certain autoantibodies to target molecules, such as insulin, GAD (glutamate decarboxylase), and ICAl2 (an intracellular enzyme also called IA+2), in the insulin-producing islets of the pancreas. The presence of more than one autoantibody indicates an extremely high risk of developing diabetes in the next five to 10 years," says Eisenbarth, of The Barbara Davis Center…

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