Research is already underway at City of Hope to unlock the
immune system's role in diabetes, including T cell
modulation and stem cell - based therapies that may reverse the autoimmune attack on islet cells in the pancreas,
which is the cause of T1D.
There are also petri dish studies that suggest gamma oryzanol may help lower cholesterol, and along with other compounds found in the rice bran,
which is what makes brown rice brown, may inhibit human cancer cell growth through antioxidant means, anti-proliferative and pro cancer cell suicide mechanisms,
immune system
modulation, and increasing barrier protection, but again this is all just in test tubes, not people.