Glucosamine causes the death of pancreatic cells

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

High doses or prolonged use of glucosamine causes the death of pancreatic cells and could increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a team of researchers at Universite Laval's Faculty of Pharmacy. Details of this discovery were recently published on the website of the Journal of Endocrinology.

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