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Hope for diabetes vaccine

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Dr Alan Foulis, a pathologist at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, says new research holds promise for one day developing a vaccine to protect against diabetes.

Two teams of British scientists have found evidence that a common family of viruses may trigger the immune reaction that leads to insulin-dependent diabetes.

The disease occurs when beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the body's immune system.

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