Diabetes drug with better side-effect tolerance could improve treatment

(Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior) Improved medications for Type 2 diabetes are one step closer thanks to a new discovery reported this week by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University. By modifying the key ingredient in current diabetes drugs, the researchers produced a compound that was effective for hyperglycemia in animal trials, yet without the most problematic side effects of current drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news