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Our laboratory is interested in gene therapy and autoimmunity. That is, we investigate the immune system’s attack on the body’s tissues as it occurs during the rejection of organ grafts and in autoimmune disorders like type I diabetes where the insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed. Approaches include examining factors that regulate the immune attack on our own cells and investigating the molecular changes that occur in the tissue being attacked in the hope of, one day, being able to genetically engineer tissues that could withstand the assault. This strategy would alleviate the need for the toxic immunosuppressive drugs currently required to promote successful organ transplantation and, in the case of type 1 diabetes, enable creation of a ‘death-defying’ beta cell as a novel cure.
Staff
 Research AssistantStacey Walters |
 Research AssistantBernice Tan |
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 PhD StudentNathan Zammit |
 PhD StudentJeanette Villanueva |
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 PhD StudentElisabeth Malle |
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