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Umbilical Cord Blood Predicts Future Type 1 Diabetes
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Researchers at the University of Florida and Linköping University report in Nature Communications (2026) that protein markers in umbilical cord blood, identified via machine learning in the ABIS cohort of 16,683 Swedish births (1997–1999), correlate with later type 1 diabetes. Some markers appear linked to prenatal inflammation and maternal PFAS exposure, suggesting potential for noninvasive early screening and prenatal interventions.
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