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Diabetes
New findings from P. Cole and co-authors in the area of diabetes published
February 3rd, 2009
"Diabetes is a growing epidemic for which new treatments are needed as it is often not controlled with current therapies. One potential means of treating diabetes is via modulation of glucose uptake," scientists writing in the journal Drugs of the Future report. "A novel strategy for achieving this is through inhibition of sodium-dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs), which mediate the process by which plasma glucose filtered in the kidney glomerulus is reabsorbed. The great majority of this process of reabsorption is mediated by Si and SGLT2 inhibitors have therefore been sought and identified in order to prevent renal glucose reabsorption and increase glucose...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-03)
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