... have genetically engineered potato and other plants to produce a smaller amount of glutamic acid decarboxylase, a protein normally found in the pancreas, which for reasons that are unknown triggers a self-destructive immune response. In Type I diabetes this protein causes certain types of white blood cells to destroy the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. These results suggest that Type I diabetes may ... ...

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