ROME, Sept. 8, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq:XOMA) announced interim data from two Phase 1 clinical studies of XOMA 052, an antibody drug candidate with an ultra high binding affinity of 300 femtomolar, which support a novel anti-inflammatory approach to Type 2 diabetes treatment that may preserve insulin-producing cells. XOMA 052 addresses inflammation as an underlying cause of diabetes by targeting Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), a master signaling protein which triggers inflammatory pathways in the body. This study is an important addition to the medical research indicating that decreasing inflammation may reduce disease progression in diabetes.
