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Could a pill for parasites cure Type 2 diabetes?
Scientists are working on a way to attack type 2 diabetes to reverse it with a safe and already approved medication currently used to get rid of parasites. Could the pill work in humans as well as it did in mice. If so, it could mean diabetes could be "cured".-snip-
Jin said it isn't yet certain that getting rid of fat in the liver and muscle cells could reverse type 2 diabetes in humans, says so far the results are encouraging. If the anti-parasite pill works as well in humans as it has in mice it could mean a "cure" for diabetes.
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/anti-parasite-pill-attacks-cause-type-2-diabetes-mice
In mice, this parasite pill removes that 'brown fat' from around the abdominal organs. If you'll remember, that UK medical center's starvation diet did the same thing and 80% of the people on the diet went into remission. This pill may be another way of removing the visceral fat that seems to cause some people to develop diabetes.
