Type 2 diabetes affects an estimated 28 million Americans according to the American Diabetes association, but medications now available only treat symptoms, not the root cause of the disease. New research from Rutgers shows promising evidence that a modified form of a different drug, niclosamide now used to eliminate intestinal parasites may hold the key to battling the disease at its source.
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