Possible protective blood factors against type 2 diabetes identified
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have shown that levels of certain related proteins found in blood are associated with a greatly reduced risk for developing type 2 diabetes up to a decade or more later. The findings could open a new front in the war against diabetes.
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