New potential cause of T1 diabetes: traditional ideas spotlight the immune system as the problem in T1D; new research suggests that β cells are the problem. In T1D patients, β cells express neo-epitopes that cause T-cells to target them for destruction, like they would a cancer cell.

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New potential cause of T1 diabetes: traditional ideas spotlight the immune system as the problem in T1D; new research suggests that β cells are the problem. In T1D patients, β cells express neo-epitopes that cause T-cells to target them for destruction, like they would a cancer cell.