UAB researchers make big discovery on diabetes research

Researchers at the UAB ’s comprehensive Diabetes Center have discovered a safe and effective therapy to reduce insulin requirements and hypoglycemic episodes in adult subjects with recent onset Type 1 diabetes by promoting the patient’s own beta cell function and insulin production – the first such discovery to targ et diabetes in this way.  The findings reveal that regular oral application of verapamil, a common blood pressure medication, also enabled patients to produce higher levels of their…
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