Aetiology of type 2 diabetes: an experimental medicine odyssey

[Eddy Edson]

Just-published Roy Taylor review of the "prolonged research endeavour to test the twin cycle hypothesis that type 2 diabetes is caused by fat-induced dysfunction of the liver and pancreas, guided by the happenstance of clinical practice."

A great resource!

Aetiology of type 2 diabetes: an experimental medicine odyssey - Diabetologia

This review describes a prolonged research endeavour to test the twin cycle hypothesis that type 2 diabetes is caused by fat-induced dysfunction of the liver and pancreas, guided by the happenstance of clinical practice. Testing of the personal fat threshold hypothesis, that individuals exhibit...

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[JITR]

Bravo!

Note from the paper: 'This review was invited based on the Claude Bernard Lecture at the EASD, September 2024'

Link: Claude Bernard Lecture at the EASD, September 2024'.

 

[beating_my_betes]

Thanks for this! Quite a lot to get though, here.

One of my biggest worries is that due to having higher levels for quite a while, I would've lost enough beta cell function to never be able to be fully cured. And while that is still a major concern, I am somewhat buoyed by this section: