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Researchers announced a new treatment and medicine, and the discovery of a gene that might play a role.��s�H��ť��F�@���s���v��M���ġA�H�εo�{���@�Ӱ�]�i��o���@�ΡC

The study, presented by researchers from the Institute for Medical Research of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospitals said a gene might increase levels of a protein that is harmful to the pancreas.��s�A�Ѭ�s�H��q��s�Ҫ���Ǭ�s���_��-��q�S����|���A�@�Ӱ�]�i��|�W�[�h�����@�سJ�ս�A�o�O���`���ظ��C The damage might prevent the body from making insulin, leading to Type 1 diabetes.�y�����l�`�i��|����q�M���خq���A�ɭP1���}���f�C

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I had personally met Dr. Aron Vinik ( the brain behind INGAP), the lead scientist of INGAP peptide several years back in Desert Diabetes Conference at Palm Beach.�ڴ��˦۷|���դh��¥��J�]�j���I�᪺InGaP �^ �A�ɭP��Ǯa��InGaP肽�X�~���b�F�z�}���f�|ij�b���q�y�C Even at that time he explained the extremely promising nature of his approach and that he is being hindered by lack of money.�Y�Ϧb���ӮɭԥL�����A�����e�~���ʽ�A�L�����k�A�M�L�O����ê�]�ʥF����C Later on Eli Lily licensed it to effectively throttle the research for several years.�b�y��§�ʦX�⦳�P�Ӫ��A�����Ħa�`�y�֪���s�Ʀ~���[�C You can still find some of my old posts on the Internet on this topic.�z���M�i�H���@�Ǧb�ڪ��¤峹�b���p���W����o�@�D�D���C
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