British scientists will test a vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes for the first time, raising hopes that a cure could be available within a decade.Eighteen patients with Type 1 diabetes, which usually appears before the age of 40, have been gathered and the trials are to begin in August next year, a media report said on Monday. The beginning of human trials marks one of the significant advances against the disease since the widespread prescription of insulin started in the 1920s. This has remained the only way to treat diabetes till date, The Times reported.British scientists are also investigating the use of stem cells, organ transplants, cell regeneration and advanced drug therapies to restore the body’s ability to produce insulin. The new treatment could act both as a vaccine and a cure. Development of the vaccine, at Bristol University and King’s College, London, comes after the successful inoculation of mice was carried out.
