TYPE 1 DIABETES IS WORSE IN YOUNG CHILDREN - NOW SCIENTISTS KNOW WHY
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✍️ Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is more severe and aggressive when it develops in young children, and how newly developed drugs could delay the disease.
👉 Type 1 diabetes is more aggressive in children under the age of seven 👉 The pancreas is still developing in childhood, making it more vulnerable to damage 👉 Beta cells are destroyed by the immune system before they can mature 👉 Newly developed drugs could delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in children
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