genetics

Hello, I come from a longline on diabetics and I appear to be due my ‘inheritance’ (why couldn’t they be wealthy landowners instead!?) I’m mid 30’s recently diagnosed pre diabetic, my father is now insulin dependant type 2 (diagnosed at my age) and mother is type 1 diagnosed a few years ago at...

Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate - vital if it is to be used in humans to cure inherited diseases or inborn errors. The advance, outlined in Science Magazine, comes as world leaders in the field gather to debate the ethics of altering...

It was February of 2008 when Park City resident Christina Miller thought she had the flu. She went in to see her doctor and mentioned that she felt tired. Then she mentioned something else. "I told him, 'oh, as a side note, I think I have a bladder infection. It's no big deal,'" she said. "'I...

In adults with diabetes, a type 1 diabetes genetic risk score may be valuable in distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as identifying patients who are likely to develop severe insulin deficiency, according to recent findings. “This will be an important addition to correctly...