Tuesday 25 November 2014

Rare Form of Diabetes may be Treatable With Muscle Relaxant

A commonly prescribed muscle relaxant may be an effective treatment for a rare but devastating form of diabetes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. The drug, dantrolene, prevents the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells both in animal models of Wolfram syndrome and in cell models derived from patients who have the illness. Results are published Nov. 24 in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

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