Common diabetes drug may halt growth of cysts in polycystic kidney disease

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 13:50 in Health & Medicine

Researchers report that a drug commonly used to treat diabetes may also retard the growth of fluid-filled cysts of the most common genetic disorder, polycystic kidney disease. PKD does not discriminate by gender or race and affects one in 1,000 adults worldwide.

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