HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests

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Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, has found that a group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type 2 diabetes.

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