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Gene 'can double risk of diabetes'



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Published Date: 18 August 2008
SCIENTISTS have identified a gene which dramatically raises the risk of diabetes – offering hope for new tests and treatments.
People with two copies of the defective KCNQ1 gene can be at almost twice the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to research published online in Nature Genetics.


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  • Last Updated: 17 August 2008 9:48 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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scotsdoc,

NANAIMO 18/08/2008 04:57:46

Surely it's been obvious that since Banting and Best discovered insulin as a treatment for DIABETES the disease has been spreading far and wide....This alone pointed to the inherited diathesis of the disease. The gene(s?) had previously been kept in check by infertility and disasterous child birth experience for mother and child. Insulin(and other drugs) normalized Diabetics lifes, more or less, but at the expense of the ENTIRE POPULATION of the world since soon every individual will be carrying at least one 'diabetogenic gene'.
A paradoxical result for a Medical Miracle 70 years ago!


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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 18/08/2008 11:19:56
#1 scotsdoc

Thank you for your informative posting.

You allowed me to learn something today.

I believe Banting was a Canadian.
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....D,

Edinburgh 18/08/2008 12:10:39
I think Scotsdoc is getting mixed up with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Both have completely different causes and prolonging the life of patients with type 1 diabetes (with insulin) to enable them to pass on their genes is unlikely to have influenced the incidence of type 2 diabetes! The epidemic of type 2 diabetes is more likely a result of our ancestors genetic predisposition to store fat for times of famine, which clearly is not a problem for our current obese population. Don`t blame Banting and Best- who worked in Mcleod`s lab - a Scot I think!
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 18/08/2008 13:08:48
Banting was a Canadian and Best had Canadian parents but was not born in Canada.

Banting got the Nobel prize but best did not share it with him. Banting corrected that glaring oversight by sharing the prize money with Mr. Best.

Canada has a lot to be proud of in discovering insulin and the CDA - Canadian Diabetes Association - is at the forefront of encouraging more research into both types of diabetes - Types 1 and - and I have been informed that our OHIP (Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan) is considering funding (in whole or in part) the cost of insulin pumps.

 

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