Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-3500
Telephone: (847) 937-6100
AgaMatrix, Inc.
7C Raymond Avenue
Salem, NH 03079
Telephone: (603) 328-6000
Bayer
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-3500
Telephone: (847) 937-6100
LifeScan, Inc
1000 Gibraltar Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035
Telephone: (800) 227-8862
Nipro Diagnostics, Inc.
2400 N.W. 55th Court
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 USA
Telephone: (800) 342-7226
ReliOn
1756 Automation Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131
Telephone: (800) 631-0076
In type 2 diabetes, the body stops responding efficiently to insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar. To compensate for the insensitivity to insulin, many diabetes drugs work by boosting insulin levels; for example, by injecting more insulin or by increasing the amount of insulin secreted from the pancreas. The new study, published in the June 9 issue of PLoS ONE, showed that a different approach could also be effective for treating diabetes — namely, blocking the breakdown of insulin, after it is secreted from the pancreas.
www.mayoclinic.org
Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists have uncovered how a specific protein’s previously unsuspected role contributes to the deterioration of heart muscle in patients with diabetes. Investigators in the mouse study also have found a way to reverse the damage caused by this protein.
utsouthwestern.edu
