<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><h1 class="article-item__title serif" itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.2; max-width: 85%;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mounting clues suggest the coronavirus might trigger (Type 1) diabetes</span></font></h1></div><div>> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Evidence from tissue studies and some people with COVID-19 shows that the virus damages insulin-producing cells.</span></div><div><br></div><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a3d3db509e-briefing-dy-20200624&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a3d3db509e-45248210">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a3d3db509e-briefing-dy-20200624&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a3d3db509e-45248210</a><div><br></div><div>“<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Diabetes is already known to be a key risk factor for developing severe COVID-19<span style="line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a3d3db509e-briefing-dy-20200624&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a3d3db509e-45248210#ref-CR1" data-track="click" data-action="anchor-link" data-track-label="go to reference" data-track-category="references" style="text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1</a></span> and people with the condition are more likely to die<span style="line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a3d3db509e-briefing-dy-20200624&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a3d3db509e-45248210#ref-CR2" data-track="click" data-action="anchor-link" data-track-label="go to reference" data-track-category="references" style="text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2</a></span>.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Now Zimmet is among a growing number of researchers who think that diabetes doesn’t just make people more vulnerable to the coronavirus, but that the virus might also trigger diabetes in some<span style="line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=a3d3db509e-briefing-dy-20200624&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a3d3db509e-45248210#ref-CR3" data-track="click" data-action="anchor-link" data-track-label="go to reference" data-track-category="references" style="text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3</a></span>.”</span></div></body></html>