Researchers have endeavored to tame the cells responsible for autoimmune disorders for decades. Now, scientists believe that life-changing research, with the potential to cure autoimmune diseases, is on the horizon at last.
The History of Searching for a Cure
In 2001, immunologist Pere Santamaria, came up with an innovative idea while conducting diabetes research on mice. He used iron oxide nanoparticles to track immune cells, then developed an idea to use them as a therapy to target, neutralize, and even kill the cells responsible for causing diabetes. A January article published in the journal Nature notes that Mr. Santamaria’s study with mice found “both the control and the experimental nanoparticles reversed diabetes symptoms.”Now, over twenty years later, Mr. Santamaria’s revolutionary therapy will soon be tested on humans for the first time.
