Archive for the tag 'diabetes'

Sep 04 2009

Surprisingly Skinny Mice Could Point the Way to Obesity and Diabetes Treatments

Published by ErinC under news

Scientists who are studying mice with a mutation that makes them resistant to obesity even in the face of a high-fat diet may have identified a new way to treat both obesity and diabetes.
Carrying extra weight is known to trigger a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body, which can lead to insulin resistance [...]

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May 28 2009

Environment, Not Genes, Key To Increasing Disease Rates

Published by ErinC under big questions, genetics 101, news

Type 1 diabetes is on the rise in European children, says a new report.
Researchers studied type 1 diabetes data collected between 1989 and 2003 at 20 centers in 17 European countries. Their results, published online yesterday in the Lancet, show that more children, especially younger children, are being diagnosed with the disease each year.  Based [...]

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May 13 2009

SNPwatch: Variation In Urine Protein Gene May Decrease Risk Of Chronic Kidney Disease

Published by ErinC under SNPwatch

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]

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Jan 06 2009

Mouse Research Indicates Effect of a SNP in Humans Might Depend on Diet

Published by ErinC under news

New research in mice suggests that people who get lucky and inherit a genetic variant that has been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes are not totally in the clear. What they eat could turn the protective variant into a risky one.
PPARG is a protein involved in fat storage. The [...]

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Dec 30 2008

SNPwatch: The Year in Review

Published by ErinC under SNPwatch

Our SNPwatch posts here at The Spittoon are one of our most exciting features. They give our customers the opportunity to connect their genetic data to the newest discoveries, often within just hours of a study’s publication.
Looking ahead to 2009, we can only begin to imagine the exciting discoveries that will be made in [...]

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Dec 18 2008

SNPwatch: Genetic Variants Linked To Long Term Measure of Blood Sugar Level

Published by ErinC under SNPwatch

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]

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Nov 25 2008

SNPwatch: Combination of Genetics and High Blood Sugar May Mean Extra Heart Disease Risk for Diabetics

Published by ErinC under SNPwatch

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]

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Nov 19 2008

Diabetes Risk and Genetics: Keep Getting Those Checkups and Watch Your Weight

Published by MattC under news

Recent genetic discoveries have taught researchers a lot about type 2 diabetes, and identified particular genetic variants that can influence a person’s risk of developing the condition.
But two studies published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine conclude that genetic information still pales in comparison to factors like body weight, smoking, cholesterol levels [...]

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May 01 2008

SNPwatch: Genetic Factors Related to Blood Glucose

Published by ErinC under news

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]

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Feb 14 2008

Climate Adaptations by Early Humans May Influence Disease Risk Today

Published by ErinC under news

Modern lifestyles are often blamed for diseases such as obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes. But from an evolutionary standpoint those ailments may have roots in a lifestyle change that occurred tens of thousands of years ago, when humans first left balmy Africa for more northerly climes.
Climate is already known to be partially responsible [...]

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