New shot aims to head off Type 1 diabetes

Shot is one of a handful of new immune therapies being tested around U.S.

By Lauran Neergaard

updated 48 minutes ago

PITTSBURGH - The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system — part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.

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