Scientists have identified a biological ‘switch’ that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells. This discovery ...

The pancreatic islet is the only human tissue that produces insulin in response to rising blood glucose levels. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and slowly destroys these islets ...

The immune system uses a few types of responses to combat pathogens. Type 1 typically targets intracellular threats, such as ...

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system attacks pancreatic beta cells. Type 2 diabetes happens when the body cannot use insulin effectively. The two types differ in symptoms, causes ...

Biomedical engineer Joshua Doloff uses federal funding to pioneer immunotherapies that could free diabetes patients from ...

Receptors on B and T cells hint at what the immune system is targeting ... COVID-19 or autoimmune diseases including lupus and Type 1 diabetes -- the algorithm the researchers developed, called ...