Diabetes News – Newsletter for February 17, 2011

Brain insulin plays critical role in development of diabetes

WASHINGTON – Scientists have discovered a novel function of brain insulin.

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens type 2 diabetes in humans.

Led by Christoph Buettner, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes … Read : Brain insulin plays critical role in development of diabetes.