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一個通過重新訓練人體免疫系統並減緩1型糖尿病惡化的開創性療法首次試驗結果為“安全”。導致患1型糖尿病的原因是胰腺內控制血糖水平的 Beta 細胞遭到破壞。研究人員們觀察瞭在英國接受該免疫療法的27名患者，其病情的惡化速度均呈現下降的趨勢。但要想證實該療法的功效，科學傢們仍需進行更大規模的試驗。請聽報道。
For now, there’s no cure for type 1 diabetes. It’s caused by a rogue immune system destroying the beta cells in the pancreas that control blood sugar levels.
The immunotherapy tries to stop that happening by training the immune system to protect the beta cells. It was shown to be safe in tests on 27 people at the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre in London.
There were also early signs the therapy was working. There were changes in the immune system and patients did not need to increase their insulin doses during the study. Professor Mark Peakman, who is leading the trial, said larger studies were still needed.
The diabetes charity JDRF said even the early-stage findings were exciting and could lead to a time when people no longer have to inject insulin every day.
詞匯表
rogue 異常的
pancreas 胰腺
blood sugar levels 血糖水平
immunotherapy 免疫療法
early signs （病情）早期癥狀，早期跡象
insulin 胰島素
doses 劑量
early-stage 早期的
inject 註射
測驗
請聽報道並回答下列問題。
1. What is the cause of type 1 diabetes, according to the text?
2. How does the immunotherapy work?
3. True or false? Patients needed to increase their insulin dose during the test.
4. Which word in the text means ‘a test over a period of time on whether something works
effectively’?
答案
1. What is the cause of type 1 diabetes, according to the text?
The cause of type 1 diabetes is a rogue immune system that destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that control blood sugar levels.
2. How does the immunotherapy work?
The immunotherapy tries to train the immune system to protect the beta cells.
3. True or false? Patients needed to increase their insulin dose during the test.
False. Patients did not need to increase their insulin doses during the study.
4. Which word in the text means ‘a test over a period of time on whether something works effectively’?
Trial.
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