
Is the best way to beat type 1 diabetes to simply stop it before it starts? That’s a question being tackled in new clinical trial that proposes to prevent diabetes in those prone to developing it. “Often times, the best answer is the simple answer,” says Ezio Bonifacio, Ph.D., from the Center for Regenerative Therapies, in Dresden, who led a team of researchers to develop a vaccine to prevent type 1 diabetes. The vaccine has ended up being insulin itself.