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Diabetes May Be Reversed From The Fat Cells

Posted on October 08, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brandon LaufenbergInsulin resistance in obese laboratory mice has been rapidly reversed by University of California San Diegoresearchers by killing off angry immune cells that reside in obese fat and muscle tissue.According to Jerrold Olefsky of the University of California, San Diego: We used a genetic 'trick' that allowed us to rapidly kill these macrophages. The treatment killed these cells within hours, and insulin resistance simply reversed itself. It argues strongly that macrophages are causative for the inflammation that leads to diabetes [in those who a...

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