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Animal Research Minute – New Drug with Wide-ranging Uses

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Could an experimental drug treat diabetes, autoimmune diseases and even cancer?
 

Well, according to the Yale Daily News, a new drug under study has the potential to treat a wide-range of diseases from diabetes to cancer. The drug called Teplizumab is now being studied in mice with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder. In mice with type 1 diabetes, the drug stopped the body from attacking its own insulin-producing cells. Scientists think with more research the drug could be used to stop other autoimmune diseases in people, including cancer.
 

Read more:http:// http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/feb/07/mice-crucial-in-autoimmune-research/


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