Research could lead to oral diabetes treatment


Half of all diabetes sufferers die of cardiovascular disease, according to the WHO.

Researchers in Japan said they had moved a step closer to an oral treatment for diabetes.

Japanese researchers said they had moved a step closer to an oral treatment for diabetes, offering hope of a breakthrough against a disease racking an increasingly obese world.

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