Is There Such A Thing As A 'Diabetes Gene?'
Filed in archive Research by Rhys on May 08, 2006

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factors are believed to account for roughly half of an individual's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Knowing which genes contribute to the onset of the disease would help develop profiles of obese individuals at the greatest risk, Attie said.What do you think about studies like these? Are they helpful, or do they incite fear? Are mice and humans really comparable? Would you want to know if you or your child had this 'diabetes gene'?
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