Researchers Discover Protein Regulating Diabetics' Blood Sugar

A single injection of a protein that keeps diabetics' blood sugar under control for several days could become available in the next few years. Researchers believe the discovery could signal a new generation of treatment for type-two diabetes, a disease that is skyrocketing around the world. Scientists have known about the protein, called FGF1, for several decades. But researchers discovered the potential of the molecule, which is part of a family of so-called growth factors, when they...

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