Genetics of Diabetes

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Peter C

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Following the thread about genes and such in the main message board here's a couple of links about the genetics behind diabetes for anyone interested ...
from the American Diabetes Association ....

First they say BOTH T1 and T2 have genetic backgrounds which have to triggered by other causes ... I think most people have always assumed that that statement only applied to T2 diabetes.....

?Type 1 and type 2 diabetes have different causes. Yet two factors are important in both. First, you must inherit a predisposition to the disease. Second, something in your environment must trigger diabetes.?

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/genetics-of-diabetes.html

ADA also supplies a link to an e-book about the issue which is a bit technical ....

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=diabetes
 
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