UAB, Southern Research make headway on diabetes drug candidate

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Southern Research have discovered a new drug candidate that may offer a major advancement for diabetes treatment. The experimental drug, which was tested on cell cultures for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, significantly improved four detrimental characteristics of diabetes, including high blood sugar, elevation in the hormone glucagon that counteracts the effects of insulin, promotes glucose production and increases blood glucose; excessive production…
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