blood sugar levels and sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which is involved in blood sugar control. People with the mutation also had higher levels of a compound called low-density lipoprotein ...

we have seen that the majority of older and obese patients develop insulin resistance and three men and eight women suffered ...

Researchers studying over 2,000 Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians uncovered two rare IGF-1 gene variants linked to exceptional ...

Several gene mutations have been linked to the development ... the production of glucose the production and regulation of insulin how glucose levels are sensed in the body Several genes have ...

Insulin must open the cell to allow it to use ... diagnosis when the condition is in an advanced stage. It begins with mutations of pancreatic cells. While doctors can’t always determine the ...

A new study shows that rolling up your sleeve to give blood might do more than just help others — it could also improve the ...

While genetics studies have identified mutations that increase the risk of developing type ... Previously, Altindis and his team made a surprising discovery and showed that viruses have insulin-like ...

Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes is a complex ... play important roles in development of type II diabetes . Thus, mutations or polymorphisms that cause only modest deficits in gene/protein ...

Insulin therapy alleviated the diabetes ... prompted by reports that mutations in the KCNJ11 gene caused neonatal diabetes. A female infant presented with polydipsia, glucosuria, ketoacidosis ...