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CHENNAI: Around 5% of those with diabetes who are on insulin may not have to take recourse to the needle anymore, with a new genetic diagnostic method on the block.
A month after Christian Medical College, Vellore, announced new insights into the diagnosis of a less recognised problem in diabetes ? Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (Mody) ? doctors at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation have gone a step further by introducing tests that would detect defective genes that cause the disorder.
"Mody is a non-insulin dependent Type-2 diabetes, which usually occurs below 25 years of age. Since Type 1 diabetes also occurs for those below 25 years, many patients with Mody are wrongly diagnosed and unnecessarily put on insulin for life," said Dr V Mohan of the foundation on Thursday to launch the genetic tests at his centre.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t-insulin-dependence/articleshow/27266793.cms
A month after Christian Medical College, Vellore, announced new insights into the diagnosis of a less recognised problem in diabetes ? Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (Mody) ? doctors at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation have gone a step further by introducing tests that would detect defective genes that cause the disorder.
"Mody is a non-insulin dependent Type-2 diabetes, which usually occurs below 25 years of age. Since Type 1 diabetes also occurs for those below 25 years, many patients with Mody are wrongly diagnosed and unnecessarily put on insulin for life," said Dr V Mohan of the foundation on Thursday to launch the genetic tests at his centre.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t-insulin-dependence/articleshow/27266793.cms