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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Scientists have discovered the single gene that causes insulin sensitivity, which they say might someday help lead to new diabetes treatment.
Insulin sensitivity refers to how well the body uses insulin ? a hormone ? to regulate glucose (sugar) in the blood. The opposite is insulin resistance, which means the body does not use insulin properly.
?Insulin resistance is a major feature of type 2 diabetes. The insulin-producing cells in the pancreas may be working hard and pumping out lots of insulin, but the body?s cells no longer respond,? study leader Dr. Anna Gloyn, at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, explained in an Oxford University news release. ?Finding a genetic cause of the opposite ? insulin sensitivity ? gives us a new window on the biological processes involved. Such understanding could be important in developing new drugs that restore insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes.?
http://news.health.com/2012/09/13/scientists-id-gene-for-insulin-sensitivity/
Insulin sensitivity refers to how well the body uses insulin ? a hormone ? to regulate glucose (sugar) in the blood. The opposite is insulin resistance, which means the body does not use insulin properly.
?Insulin resistance is a major feature of type 2 diabetes. The insulin-producing cells in the pancreas may be working hard and pumping out lots of insulin, but the body?s cells no longer respond,? study leader Dr. Anna Gloyn, at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, explained in an Oxford University news release. ?Finding a genetic cause of the opposite ? insulin sensitivity ? gives us a new window on the biological processes involved. Such understanding could be important in developing new drugs that restore insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes.?
http://news.health.com/2012/09/13/scientists-id-gene-for-insulin-sensitivity/
