{"id":1134,"date":"2016-12-21T11:54:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T15:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2017-09-25T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:55:45","slug":"dr-arturo-vegas-highlighted-in-bu-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/mcbb\/2016\/12\/21\/dr-arturo-vegas-highlighted-in-bu-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Arturo Vegas Highlighted in BU Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/2016\/12\/21\/dr-arturo-vegas-highlighted-in-bu-today\/\"><em>From BU Chemistry News:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment17676\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/h_research_Vegas-Profile-Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/h_research_Vegas-Profile-Pic-449x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chemist Arturo Vegas wins $1.4 million NIH grant to develop therapies that intervene at early stage of disease\" width=\"449\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17676\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/h_research_Vegas-Profile-Pic-449x300.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/files\/2016\/12\/h_research_Vegas-Profile-Pic.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Arturo Vegas was recently featured in BU Today for his research into Type 1 Diabetes. The full article is called<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/articles\/early-stage-type-1-diabetes-treatment\/\" title=\"New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNew Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and there\u2019s an excerpt from the article by Barbara Moran is below.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Dr. Vegas visit his<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/faculty\/vegas\/\" title=\"Dr. Arturo Vegas Faculty Page\" target=\"_blank\">Faculty Page<\/a>\u00a0and for more on his research group visit the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avegaslab.com\/\" title=\"Vegas Group Page\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Group Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cType 1 diabetes is rare but devastating. A person\u2019s own immune system attacks the pancreas, destroying insulin-producing tissue and the body\u2019s ability to regulate blood sugar. About five percent of people with diabetes\u2014approximately 1.25 million Americans\u2014have this form of the disease, according to the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetes.org\/\">American Diabetes Association<\/a>. Unregulated blood sugar can lead to blindness, kidney failure, and death.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists aren\u2019t sure what causes type 1 diabetes, though they suspect that a genetic predisposition, combined with an environmental trigger, causes a sudden disruption in the immune system that causes it to attack the body\u2019s own tissue. The only treatment is a lifetime of careful blood sugar monitoring, with insulin injections as needed.<\/p>\n<p>But what if there were a way to block the immune system before the damage was done, preserving at least some of the pancreas\u2019 ability to produce insulin? That\u2019s the goal of Arturo Vegas, a Boston University College of Arts &amp; Sciences assistant professor of chemistry, whose lab combines biology, chemistry, materials science, and engineering to develop targeted therapies for complex diseases like diabetes. He recently was awarded a prestigious $1.4 million Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award from the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\">National Institutes of Health<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(NIH) to pursue the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Dr. Vegas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From BU Chemistry News: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dr. Arturo Vegas was recently featured in BU Today for his research into Type 1 Diabetes. The full article is called\u00a0\u201cNew Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes\u201d\u00a0and there\u2019s an excerpt from the article by Barbara Moran is below. 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