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Maybe Leptin Can Help Against Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

Posted on August 27, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Neil BrakeIn type 1 diabetes, insulin is the 'gold standard' for lowering high blood sugar levels and manage its consequences such as diabetic coma.Findings at UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests that insulin isn't the only one effective for this purpose. Leptin could be too, as demonstrated by their studies in animal models. Leptin is a hormone produced by the body's fat cells which they found lowers blood glucose levels and maintains them in a normal range for extended periods, longer than insulin does.The mechanism of leptin's glucose-lowering action appea...

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