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» BBC News: Transplant Cures Man of Diabetes    A 61-year-old man is the first person in the UK to be cured of diabetes by a cell transplant technique.    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4330717.stm

» Chemists Identify Key Gene In Development Of Type 1 Diabetes    Article discusses a proinflammatory protein that may be involved in the cascade of immunological events that leads to the destruction of the pancreas.    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325230349.htm

» Diabetes Mellitus    Covers the background, pathophysiology, frequency, mortality/morbidity, causes, treatment, and medication. By eMedicine.    http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic581.htm

» Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - A Review    Covers the background, pathophysiology, frequency, causes, medication, and treatment of this condition.    http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic133.htm

» Diabetes: Type 1    An in-depth report on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, long term complications, and associated emergency conditions. From the University of Maryland Medical Center.    http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/what_type_1_diabetes_000009_1.htm

» Etiology of Type 1 Diabetes    Article covers genetics, cow's milk, viral infections, and environmental factors which can influence the destruction of the pancreatic cells that cause this disease.    http://www.nafwa.org/iddm.php

» HealthAtoZ: Diabetes Type 1    Contains an overview on the symptoms, causes, risk factors, tests, and treatment for this disease.    http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/caz/diab/dia1/dia1_gen_ovw.jsp

» Joslin Diabetes Center scientists find genetic defects    Scientists have found genetic regions that, when defective, allow the immune system to attack the pancreas. The first in a series of mis-steps that lead to type 1 diabetes.    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/jdc-jdc032205.php

» Type 1 Diabetes: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatments    Describes the incidence, causes, hereditary tendencies, and management of this disease.    http://www.endocrineweb.com/diabetes/1diabetes.html

» Type 1 Diabetics Can Get 'Double Diabetes' From Insulin Resistance, Says University Of Pittsburgh    Article from Science Daily discusses this major cause of heart disease in people.    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030425071101.htm