by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Numerous vaccines, from flu shots to those those that help thwart chickenpox and measles, are widely used to guard against contagion, but researchers in France are proposing a breakthrough role for rotavirus vaccines: deploying them in cancer treatment. And they contend that other common vaccines may help fight malignancies,...
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Does the rotavirus vaccine prevent type 1 diabetes?
By Yella Hewings-Martin Ph.D. Fact checked by Jasmin Collier Scientists have highlighted a possible link between infection with rotavirus and an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes. Undergoing vaccination against the pathogen may be an effective way to prevent the condition. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition. The exact reason a person develops this condition is...
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Possible link between rotavirus vaccine and decline in type 1 diabetes
A drop in the number of young children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes could be associated with the introduction of routine rotavirus vaccination of Australian infants, according to a new study by Melbourne researchers. The immune-mediated destruction of insulin-producting islets in the pancreas is the cause of type 1 diabetes. Still from WEHI-TV animation ‘Insulin...