Researchers uncover new details in type 2 diabetes development

Researchers at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have discovered new information about how type 2 diabetes develops and how future treatments may help protect insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The study, published in the journal Metabolites, was led by Ohio University researchers Brian List, Nicholas Whitticar, Kathryn Corbin and Craig Nunemaker, Ph.D., associate professor and Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., endowed faculty fellow in diabetes and islet biology.