'Jumping Gene' Diminishes The Effect Of New Type 2 Diabetes Risk Gene
Friday, July 3, 2009 - 23:35
in Health & Medicine
Research has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding human gene (ZNF642) is especially active in overweight individuals with diabetes.