Diabetes Insights - Breakthroughs and Innovators

Is Type 1 Diabetes a Slow Virus Disease?

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From enteroviruses to vaccines: exploring the infection-autoimmunity link

Watch the full video on YouTube to explore the role of viral infections in the development of type 1 diabetes, focusing on the growing evidence linking enteroviruses - particularly Coxsackie B viruses - to disease onset.

Learn how advances in sequencing technologies now allow scientists to detect viruses in human tissues with unprecedented precision, and how long-term cohort studies are helping to identify viral patterns associated with diabetes risk.

The discussion also highlights:

  • Clinical trials using antiviral therapies to preserve insulin production
  • The development of vaccines targeting diabetes-associated viruses
  • The concept of persistent infection and its role in triggering autoimmunity
  • Differences between beta and alpha cells in response to viral infection
  • Novel research approaches, including insights from bat immune systems

    • Explore related research and speaker profiles:

    1. Prof. Knut Dahl-Jørgensen (University of Oslo) - Diabetologist
    2. Pof. Heikki A. Hyöty (Tampere University) - Virologist
    3. Prof. Decio L. Eizirik (Université Libre de Bruxelles - Immunology expert

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