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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A rare genetic mutation could help explain why some families are more susceptible to diabetes and kidney failure, according to a new study led by University of Utah Health scientists. They say the discovery, made within multiple generations of a single family, could ultimately lead to better treatments for these conditions among a range of patients, no matter if they inherited the mutation or not.
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One family’s genetic mutation may help improve diabetes care - @theU
The mutation affects a hormone that breaks down ceramides, fatty substances which may be a driving force behind type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.
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