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Indian-American Leads New Potential Treatment For Diabetes
Prabhakar said that the work shows that Type 2 diabetes can be directly caused by the loss of a properly functioning MADD gene alone.
"Without the gene, insulin can't leave the beta cells, and blood glucose levels are chronically high," he said.
In the future, the researchers plan to look into effects of a drug that allows for the secretion of insulin in MADD-deficient beta cells.
"If this drug works to reverse the deficits associated with a defective MADD gene in the beta cells of our model mice, it may have potential for treating people with this mutation who have an insulin-secretion defect and/or type 2 diabetes," he said.
Type 2 diabetes affects roughly 8 per cent of Americans and over 366 million people worldwide. It can cause serious complications, including cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, loss of limbs and blindness.
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Source: PTI
