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Verapamil can preserve beta cell function in Type 1 diabetes
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Verapamil can preserve beta cell function in Type 1 diabetes

by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn 2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Anath Shalev, M.D., reported that a decades-old blood pressure medication called verapamil completely reversed diabetes in animal models. In 2018, the team had translated these findings into a randomized, controlled, clinical trial, demonstrating significantly improved beta...