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Diabetes Research

New studies will focus on action of insulin

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 29th, 2003

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded 1.2 million pounds for research at the University of Bristol to further establish how insulin works and so pave the way for the development of new treatments for diabetes.

Around 1.4 million people in the U.K. have diagnosed diabetes. At least a million more are thought to have diabetes but do not know it yet. The number of people with diabetes is escalating both in the U.K. and worldwide.

Insulin stimulates the uptake of glucose from the blood into muscle and fat tissue. In diabetes this system goes awry.

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