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What is type 1 diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes occurs when your immune system, the body's system for fighting infection, attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.

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Type 1 diabetes occurs when your immune system destroys insulin-producing beta cells, which is located in the pancreas. Scientists think type 1 diabetes is caused by genetic and environmental factors that might trigger the disease. Type 1 diabetes can occur in people at any age.

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