Common Blood Pressure Drug Found to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes

A drug that is commonly used to treat high blood pressure in children and adults could potentially help to prevent the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in up to 60% of at-risk patients, according to U.S. researchers.A team led by Aaron Michels, M.D., at the University of Colorado Anschutz (CU Anschutz) Medical Campus, and colleagues at the University of Florida in Gainesville, tested methyldopa in a small number of patients with recent-onset T1D who also carried the DQ8 version of a major histocom