RE: Type 1 diabetes murine gene found, vaccine on the cards

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 22:02:46 MDT


btw, Type I diabetes is the nasty, insulin dependent kind; Type II is the
less severe variant. That might save a bit of googling for some people out
there...

Excellent news!

Emlyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damien Broderick [mailto:d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, 28 September 2001 12:24
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Type 1 diabetes murine gene found, vaccine on the cards
>
>
> Dr Robyn Slattery at the Australian National University has announced
> discovery of a key gene conducing to type 1 diabetes in mice.
> Everyone is
> running about wagging their tails, saying this has been
> sought desperately
> for 20 years, and could be what's needed to create a vaccine.
>
> Damien Broderick
>

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