New study may lead to improved treatment of type 2 diabetes
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
Worldwide, 400 million people live with diabetes. Patients with diabetes mostly fall into one of two categories, type 1 diabetics, triggered by autoimmunity at a young age, and type 2 diabetics, caused by metabolic dysfunction of the liver. New research has discovered that a common genetic defect in beta cells may underlie both forms of diabetes.