Vegetable disease to aid diabetes
Tuesday, 09 October, 2001
A link between a common vegetable disease and Type 1 diabetes has been identified by Australian researchers.
The International Diabetes Institute and Monash University have found that a chemical called bafilomycin is known to destroy the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas of mice. Researchers have identified the chemical in a common vegetable disease affecting potatoes, carrots, turnips and beets.
Consumption of the bafilomycin toxin by a person genetically disposed to diabetes may trigger the disease. The research may lead to the discovery of a vaccine for diabetes-prone people.
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