Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Genes Point to Varied Diabetes Subtypes

You've heard of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, but what about a kind called MODY? Diabetes is undergoing a genetics revolution that suggests there actually are many subtypes of the disease.The discoveries already trigger important changes in treatment for a fraction of patients with some rare diabetes types caused by single genes gone awry — if they have a doctor aware of the findings More...

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