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Psoriasis Drug Could Help Treat Diabetes Without Need for Insulin: Study

A trial with 72 patients showed that ustekinumab, a drug used to treat psoriasis, could help treat early stages of Type 1 diabetes in adolescents.
Psoriasis Drug Could Help Treat Diabetes Without Need for Insulin: Study
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A.C. Dahnke
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A drug currently prescribed to treat psoriasis could help treat the early stages of Type 1 diabetes in children and young people without the need for insulin, a new study finds.

The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that ustekinumab, an established immunotherapy drug used since 2009, can target the immune cells driving Type 1 diabetes.
A.C. Dahnke
A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.