Re:Brain aneurism! (Score 1)

Type-2 Diabetes is quite different from what is typically thought of Diabetes wherein the body is not producing enough insulin. In type-2, even though there is insulin production, the body appears to be resistant to it. In type-1 diabetes, without insulin - cells cannot take up glucose even though it is present in the bloodstream, making the body think it is starving and leading to breakdown of proteins etc. - leading to ketoacidosis. This is not the case in type -2. Just flipping thru the link, it seems the drug targets the reasons of insulin resistance namely "three key defects of type 2 diabetes can be addressed: insulin resistance, beta-cell dysfunction (decreased insulin release), and alpha-cell dysfunction (unsuppressed hepatic glucose production)." Tagg