专家发现早年治肺结核的疫苗有治疗1型糖尿病的作用,它可杀死攻击产生胰岛素细胞的游离细胞

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WATCH: Experts are
divided on the significance of the results of an early-stage trial
investigating a cure for type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, but the
researchers say that a tuberculosis vaccine in use since 1921 could
be the key. Treatment with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
vaccine appeared to reverse the disease and temporarily restore
insulin production in patients who had been diabetic for as many as
15 years. The effects of the treatment lasted about one week.
Researchers believe that the vaccine does this by destroying rogue
immune cells that attack insulin-producing
cells.