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Human Clinical Trials To Begin On Drug That Reverses Diabetes In Animal Models

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-condition-is-called-Setebaid dept.

Zothecula writes: A study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has shown that verapamil, a drug widely used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and migraine headaches, is able to completely reverse diabetes in animal models. The UAB team will now move onto clinical trials to see if the same results are repeated in humans.

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  1. Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes? by riverat1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are they talking about type 1 diabetes (lack of insulin production) or type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance)? I suspect it's type 2 because fixing a pancreas that's not producing insulin would be quite difficult if not impossible.

  2. Re: US Gov't Corn Subsides by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    "Often"

    I don't think that word means what you think it means.

    I am not a doctor but I am a nurse and unless they are type 1 it is almost ALWAYS due to poor diet. Type 2 significantly outnumbers Type 1.

    It's okay to be wrong, mate.

  3. Human models by Extremus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the drug is already in use (for other purposes), wouldn't we be able to see its effects on people already?

  4. Re:US Gov't Corn Subsides by Immerman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hell, the fact that we're using corn-based ethanol at all is probably due in large part to the subsidies - there are far more efficient crops to produce ethanol from, even if a lot of them don't grow well in much of the US (sugar cane leaps to mind)

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