Aussie Researchers Uncover Breakthrough Approach to Combat Diabetes

This novel approach holds the potential to become the first disease-modifying treatment for type 1 diabetes.

The team is optimistic the potential treatment could help address the stark reality of donor organ shortages and offer hope for the significant number of people with insulin-dependent diabetes. Shutterstock

Researchers at Melbourne’s Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have discovered a method that could eliminate the need for regular insulin injections.

The team led by Professor Sam El-Osta identified two drugs, previously approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for rare cancers, that are capable of rapidly restoring insulin production in cells damaged by diabetes.