In the UT Southwestern, patients on both regimens gained weight.

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"It is like lightning to have something in clinical trials" so fast, says former Bear postdoc Kimberly Huber, who did the early lab work leading to the theory and is now a professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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In a study presented last month at the annual meeting of the ADA, UT Southwestern researcher Ildiko Lingvay said two types of more aggressive treatments using insulin and drugs started when patients were initially diagnosed effectively preserved the function of beta cells in a study of 58 patients followed for three years.

WSJ: New Strategies for Treating Diabetes