Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Could a virus be the missing link in understanding type 1 diabetes? At the EASD 2025 Annual Meeting in Vienna, experts Profs. Knut Dahl-Jørgensen (University of Oslo), Heikki A. Hyöty (Tampere University), and Decio L. Eizirik (Université Libre de Bruxelles) sat down with EASD TV host, Vivienne Parry to discuss the latest research connecting enteroviruses, particularly Coxsackie B, to the onset of type 1 diabetes.

Discover how antiviral therapies and vaccine trials may open new doors for diabetes prevention. From advances in viral detection and immune response analysis to understanding genetic susceptibility, this discussion explores the growing evidence that infection may play a pivotal role in triggering autoimmunity and how science is closing in on the answers.

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