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23 April 2011

A New Study Associates Type 1 Diabetes and Sjogren’s Syndrome

(Source: Top News, 23 April 2011)
A recent study carried out by the Australian scientists from the Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research has found a link between two autoimmune diseases, Type 1 diabetes and Sjogren’s syndrome. The researchers have discovered a new group of immune cells that connects these two autoimmune diseases. The new type of immune cells belongs to a sub-class of ‘T helper cells’, which are the white blood cells in the body and helps other immune cells to perform their tasks. Read more

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