Scientists discover previously unknown cause of diabetes
Brighter Side of News: Jonathan Stamler, the Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Innovation at the School of Medicine, worked with his team to uncover a promising discovery in the fight against diabetes: the identification of an enzyme that obstructs insulin production in the body. “We show that blocking this enzyme protects from diabetes, but the implications extend to many diseases likely caused by novel enzymes that add nitric oxide,” he said. “Blocking this enzyme may offer a new treatment.”