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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Australian scientists believe they have uncovered a key gene that explains why eating a high-fat diet increases the risk of developing diabetes.
The discovery brings hope of blocking the gene and reducing diabetes' damaging effects on the body.
The gene, known as Id1, also appears to be a "master regulator", setting in motion a multitude of changes important in the disease, say the researchers from the the Garvan Institute in Sydney.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/artic...dio_ABCLocalM18TestHeadline2011_ABCLocalSites
The discovery brings hope of blocking the gene and reducing diabetes' damaging effects on the body.
The gene, known as Id1, also appears to be a "master regulator", setting in motion a multitude of changes important in the disease, say the researchers from the the Garvan Institute in Sydney.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/artic...dio_ABCLocalM18TestHeadline2011_ABCLocalSites