'Trigger' for diabetes revealed
Fatty food trips a genetic switch in the body that can trigger diabetes, a study has found.
Understanding the biological pathway could lead to a potential cure for the disease. The discovery helps explain why Type 2 diabetes is often linked to obesity.
In studies of mice and humans, researchers found that high levels of fat disrupted two key proteins that turn genes on and off. Study leader Dr Jamey Marth, from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in the US, said: "Now that we know more fully how states of over-nutrition can lead to Type 2 diabetes, we can see more clearly how to intervene."
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