Our theme for TEDxDelMar 2011 was "A Search For A Cure" and in this talk, Dr. Von Herrath gives us his presentation entitled "Attack of the Beta Cells".
Matthias Von Herrath, M.D., is Professor for Immunology and Director of the Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, one of the world's premier Immunology Institutes. He received his medical training in Freiburg Germany and conducted research on viral infections for 10 years at Scripps Research, where he trained with Michael Oldstone from 1991 -- 1995. The center of his research focus is the development of suitable combination therapies for type 1 diabetes and the development of preventive vaccines, with the goal to ultimately pave the path for a primary prevention of T1D. For his studies he received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the ADA in 2008 and a Scholar Award from JDRF.
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