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Type 1 Diabetes
Role in diabetes provides clue for researchers who discovered "obesity gene"
November 24th, 2003
The discovery of a gene believed to be connected to morbid obesity has international origins and began as an exploration into the causes of type 1 diabetes. The discovery, published in the November 3, 2003, issue of the journal Public Library of Science (www.plos.org), involves researchers originally from Sweden and France who collaborated at the University of Washington in Seattle. The gene, on chromosome 10, was first connected to diabetes in 1991 by Dr. Ake Lernmark, R.H. Williams Professor of Medicine and adjunct professor of immunology at the UW. The GAD2 gene is responsible for the protein GAD65, which plays a role in the healthy use of...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2003-11-24)
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