Finding Offers New Path For Treatment Of Diabetes

Source: New York University
Date: November 30, 2006

Summary:

Researchers at New York University and the Scripps Research Institute have discovered a new enzyme, GAPDH, which regulates insulin pathways--a finding that offers a new direction for the treatment of diabetes. The research is reported in the most recent issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The new-found enzyme provides another strategy to treat the disease.