New drug gives 700% boost to insulin-producing cells in mice
The diabetes treatment showed a significant boost in insulin-producing cells by 700% over just three months and it stayed that way.
Diabetes has impacted people around the world severely. In the US alone, about 29.7 million people of all ages making up 8.9 percent of the population were diagnosed with the disease as of 2021.
As per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 352,000 children and adolescents younger than age 20 years—or 35 per 10,000 U.S. youths were diagnosed with diabetes.
Now, scientists at Mount Sinai and City of Hope have alas made a breakthrough to essentially reverse the disease by developing a new drug therapy.