在器官移植手术中使用的强效免疫抑制药物硫唑嘌呤(azathioprine),现已证实它能阻止Ⅰ型糖尿病(又名依赖胰岛素性糖尿病)的发作,或者至少能使这种病迟几年才发作。根据美国和德国的一些医学专家研究的结果,硫唑嘌呤能阻止人体袭击胰脏内分泌胰岛素的细胞。胰岛素帮助大多数人体细胞利用生物燃料,特别是葡萄糖,如果没有胰岛素,人体细胞便会缺乏营养,导致人昏迷,甚至死亡。虽然注射胰岛素能控制Ⅰ型糖尿病的病 Azathioprine, a potent immunosuppressive drug used in organ transplants, has now been shown to stop the onset of type 1 diabetes (aka insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) or at least make the disease years later attack. According to the findings of some medical experts in the United States and Germany, azathioprine can prevent the body from attacking pancreatic endocrine insulin cells. Insulin helps most body cells use biofuels, especially glucose, which, without insulin, lacks nutrients and leads to unconsciousness and even death. Although insulin injections can control type 1 diabetes