Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes Type 2

Newly Identified Gene Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk

A team of researchers from the University of Chicago, the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, and other institutions has identified what appears to be the major susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes.
Discovery of the gene should increase understanding of the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and could lead to new therapeutic approaches “that address [...]