Regulating The Sugar Factory In Diabetes

Scientists believe they may have identified a gene that controls abnormal production of sugar in the liver, a very troublesome problem for people with diabetes. The liver is the sugar factory for the body -- when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall, the liver makes and releases more. In people with diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, the liver doesn't stop making sugar when it should, so blood sugar levels can rise overnight while they sleep even though they haven't eaten.

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