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Though Congress has not yet decided whether to reauthorize the AIDS relief plan, Mass. General Hospital received a five-year, $20.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to research the possibility of a vaccine that would limit the replication of the HIV virus in those infected by...
Harvard researchers began a clinical trial in December to determine whether a vaccine originally developed to treat tuberculosis (TB) can cure Type 1 diabetes.
The vaccine, which was initially developed to prevent tuberculosis, causes low-grade inflammation that prevents abnormal immune cells from destroying cells that produce insulin in the pancreas; scientists say this might be a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Because of its long history of use, the vaccine is considered safe.
The current trials were inspired by a study published by Faustman in 2001 demonstrating that the TB vaccine effectively cured cancer in diabetic mice. While there was initial skepticism about her findings, seven subsequent studies confirmed pancreas regeneration in mice.