Chemical that slows down the biological clock could lead to new drugs to treat diabetes

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Scientists have long suspected that metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, could be linked to our circadian rhythm or biological clock. For example, laboratory mice with altered biological clocks often become obese and develop diabetes. Now biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that a chemical, which affects the activity of a key protein that regulates our biological clock, can repress the production of glucose by the liver, offering a promising new direction for the development of a new class of drugs to treat diabetes... Continue Reading Chemical that slows down the biological clock could lead to new drugs to treat diabetes

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Circadian Rhythms, Diabetes, Disease, Glucose, University of California

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