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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
If you thought your obesity and type 2 diabetes diagnoses were genetic “gifts” from your family, it could be a virus instead.
Researchers at San Diego State University have identified a virus called crAssphage – named for the computer software that discovered it - that infects a common intestinal bacteria associated with both obesity and diabetes. The virus is present in more than half the human population, and researchers say it could play an important role in the development of the two metabolic diseases.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014/08/18/8353/newly-discovered-virus-linked-to-obesity/
Researchers at San Diego State University have identified a virus called crAssphage – named for the computer software that discovered it - that infects a common intestinal bacteria associated with both obesity and diabetes. The virus is present in more than half the human population, and researchers say it could play an important role in the development of the two metabolic diseases.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014/08/18/8353/newly-discovered-virus-linked-to-obesity/