Genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes explored

Monday, July 11, 2016 - 14:01 in Biology & Nature

New research from a large international team of scientists offers a more complete picture of the genes responsible for type 2 diabetes, demonstrating that previously identified common alleles shared by many in the world are the biggest culprits -- not the less common variants some scientists had hypothesized might play a large role in who gets the disease.

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