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JDRF Funded Study Links Hygiene Hypothesis to Diabetes Prevention

Posted on October 06, 2008

October 6, 2008 (JDRF) - A research study funded by JDRF suggests that a common intestinal bacteria may provide some protection from developing type 1 diabetes. The findings provide an important step towards understanding how and why type 1 diabetes develops in people, and may lead to potential cures. The study, reported this week in Nature Magazine, lends further support to the hygiene hypothesis, that exposure to an appropriate amount and composition of bacteria may be important to living a healthy life, and that susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders may a...

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