<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The story of preventing Type 1 diabetes in rats by inhibiting zonulin with AT-1001 to reduce intestinal permeability has already been reported. AT- 1001 might prevent celiac disease in humans as well. Here is the press release and the actual article straight from the horse's (or is that rat's) mouth: ---------- POTENTIAL METHOD FOR PREVENTING TYPE 1 DIABETES DISCOVERED AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Feb. 22, 2005 press release only: http://www.celiaccenter.org/pressrelease_diabetes.html ---------- PNAS February 22, 2005 vol. 102 no. 8 pages 2916-2921 Role of the intestinal tight junction modulator zonulin in the pathogenesis of type I diabetes in BB diabetic-prone rats Tammara Watts, Irene Berti, Anna Sapone, Tania Gerarduzzi, Tarcisio Not, Ronald Zielke, and Alessio Fasano Article full text PDF format: http://www.celiaccenter.org/pressrelease_diabetes.pdf * * * * Please carefully compose your subject lines in all posts *