New genetic regions influencing blood glucose traits revealed
Sunday, August 12, 2012 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have used a specially designed DNA chip, the MetaboChip array, to identify 38 new genetic regions that are associated with glucose and insulin levels in the blood. This brings the total number of genetic regions associated with glucose and insulin levels to 53, over half of which are associated with type 2 diabetes.