Interesting news about CD52hi cells that guard against autoimmune diseases like Type 1 Diabetes

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/35630/title/New-Guardians-Against-Diabetes-/

There was a posting about this a week ago based on an article in medicalnewstoday. You can read the abstract of the original research publication at Nature Immunology. The study found a mechanism in mice (not humans) for suppressing an autoimmune response to class related to autoimmune diabetes. We have known about a wide variety of ways to suppress the response in both humans and mice for some time, but not without some consequences.