The battle for CRTC2: How obesity increases the risk for diabetes
Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
La Jolla, CA -- Obesity is probably the most important factor in the development of insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the chain of events is still spotty. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have filled in the gap and identified the missing link between the two.
Read the whole article on Science Blog
More from Science Blog
Related
- The battle for CRTC2: How obesity increases the risk for diabetesSun, 21 Jun 2009, 13:30:19 EDT
- Salk scientists detect molecular obesity link to insulin resistance, type II diabetesTue, 3 Mar 2009, 12:23:25 EST
- Lifestyle can alter gene activity, lead to insulin resistanceThu, 19 Jun 2008, 0:21:21 EDT
- Salk study links diabetes and Alzheimer's diseaseWed, 30 Apr 2008, 14:56:50 EDT
- UAB research finds childbearing increases chance of developing the metabolic syndromeTue, 22 Sep 2009, 17:24:12 EDT