Siblings with unique genetic mutation help scientists progress drug search for type 1 diabetes

Siblings with unique genetic mutation help scientists progress drug search for type 1 diabetes Two siblings who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain new insights that could help progress the search for new treatments in type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes (also known as autoimmune diabetes) is a devastating and life-long disease, in which the patient's immune cells wrongly destroy the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. People …