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Friday, 27 June 2014 15:10

Gene mutation increases 10 times the risk of diabetes

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gentaur-gene-mutationRecently identified gene mutation increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes tenfold. It was found in the DNA of the population of Greenland.
 
The study by scientists from Copenhagen gives a new perspective on innate predisposition and the real danger of diabetes.
 
Of course, the presence of the mutation TBC1D4, is not confined only within the largest island on the planet. It has already detected among many Europeans suffering from diabetes.
 
Its "arms" consists in the development of insulin resistance in muscle.
 
The discovery allows for harder prevention of diseases and the development of new techniques for treatment.
 
"We know that each of us has his heredity, which, unfortunately, when diabetes is critical. It is not enough to become diabetics. We do not inherit the disease, and the tendency of its manifestation.
 
Our meeting with a number of external factors such as viruses, chemicals, and other stressful situations may trigger a series of autoimmune processes in our body that damage and destroy cells of the pancreas that produce the hormone insulin, "comment the investigators.
 
They point out that diabetes is not a disease, as it causes many damages to the human body.
 
"We can not change our heredity, but we can change our lifestyle.
 
If you take care of your health in time through healthy eating and daily physical activity we can gain skills for coping with stress alone can reduce the likelihood of falling ill from diabetes, "concluded the report by researchers from Copenhagen.

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