Medical News Summary: New diabetes drug improves existing treatments

About: New diabetes drug improves existing treatments
Date: 22 January 2005
Source: National Nine News
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by National Nine News): A new drug developed by the Monash University called ISF402 is aimed at providing a new treatment for type 2 diabetes which improves insulin potency, reduces blood glucose levels and reduces side effects. It was developed particularly for people whose diabetes was caused mostly by obesity and was often insulin resistant. Human trial will begin once an oral version of the treatment is developed.
URL: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=12334
Related Disease Topics: Diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
Related Symptom Topics: High glucose levels, insulin resistance

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