Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine:

The role of the immune system in the development of type I diabetes.

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Type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas stops producing insulin. Insulin is a peptide hormone required by the cells for uptake of glucose from the blood to produce energy. This hormone helps in maintaining the blood sugar level.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

A strategy that could be used to protect young children from developing an autoimmune reaction, and subsequently type I diabetes, after a viral infection.

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The type I diabetes is a type of autoimmune disease. The cells of immune cells are not able to identify normal pancreatic cells like other body cells and develop antibodies against the pancreatic β cells and their destruction leads, to block ` insulin production.

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