Goteborg [Sweden]: One novel approach to treating type 1 diabetes may involve blocking the somatostatin hormone to stop harmful blood glucose dips. A study carried out at the University of Gothenburg, among other places, has demonstrated this. It is claimed that the suggested course of action could save lives.
When blood glucose levels fall in healthy people, the hormone glucagon is released, which aids the liver in producing glucose and brings blood glucose levels back to normal. Glucagon raises blood glucose levels in the body in the opposite way that insulin does. The pancreas produces both hormones.
