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Approved cancer drug potentially could help treat diabetes, researchers find

Calvin Kuo
Calvin Kuo

By Krista Conger

A pair of studies by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a molecular pathway — a series of interactions among proteins — involved in the development of diabetes. Furthermore, they have found that a drug already approved for use in humans can regulate the pathway.

The findings were published online Sept. 15 in two articles in Nature Medicine.

To read the full story visit: http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/september/diabetes.html#sthash.IuKOEWbM.dpuf