Diabetes team finds new hormone that could transform care
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:04
in Health & Medicine
Researchers trying to find a cure for diabetes said Thursday they had discovered a new hormone, previously unknown to medicine, that makes the very cells destroyed by the disease. It has the potential to transform the way we now care for diabetes – the No. 7 killer in the United States, the researchers said.The new hormone, which they have named betatrophin, encourages the growth of beta cells in ...