Kevan Herold, MD
Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology); Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): ImmunologyYale Medical Group
Stem Cell Center, Yale
Immunobiology
Internal Medicine: Endocrinology: Diabetes Center: (Diabetes Providers) | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Research Interests
Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity
Clinical Interests
Diabetes mellitus; hypoglycemia; endocrinology
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Education
- BS, Pennsylvania State University, 1977
- M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 1979
Selected Publication
- Ablamunits V, Henegariu O, Hansen JB, Opare-Addo L, Preston-Hurlburt P, Santamaria P, Mandrup-Poulsen T, and Herold KC. Synergistic reversal of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice with anti-CD3 and IL-1 blockade: evidence of improved immune regulation (in press) Diabetes.
Articles
March 2012
Mighty mouse shows diabetes drug in action
Preclinical research has long relied on mice, which share genes and biochemical pathways with humans. But mice are not...
Nov/Dec 2011
Telltale DNA aids early diabetes diagnosis
In type 1 diabetes, the immune system kills insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. By the time the illness is...
Jan/Feb 2010
Autoimmunity: finding common ground
Among researchers who study the adaptive immune system, generally speaking, you’re a T cell person or a B cell person....
Jan/Feb 2010
Autoimmunity: research on many fronts
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)IBD is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine that...
Sept/Oct 2008
Type 1 diabetes: is prevention finally in sight?
The discovery of insulin by Canadian Nobel laureate Sir Frederick G. Banting, M.D., and his student Charles H. Best,...
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