Researchers Identify New Target for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that an enzyme found in the mitochondria of cells is decreased in the skeletal muscle of those with type 2 diabetes, a finding that could lead to the development of drugs to boost the activity of this enzyme in an effort to fight the disease.