scientists find gene that may cause diabetes
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RALEIGH, NC - Researchers at Wake Forest University have discovered a gene that could cause up to 20 percent of Type II diabetes, the school announced Monday.
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UK scientists have identified a gene which increases the risk of bowel cancer by 20 per cent.
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Possible stem cells identified in the mouse pancreas could hold the key to new treatments for type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada believe that the cells
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Researchers said on Sunday they had  homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent  of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.
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Nerve cells in the pancreas may be a cause of type-1 diabetes in mice -- a finding that could provide new ways to treat the disease in humans, Canadian and U.S. scientists said on Friday.
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A relatively new blood test for  people with diabetes can predict their risk of developing heart  disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Individual cells in the pancreas that are capable of producing insulin-producing beta cells have been identified in adult mice by University of Toronto scientists.
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Mutations in the gene that regulates body weight have a significant impact on obesity, says a German study in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Genetics.
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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University of Toronto researchers have identified cells in an adult mouse pancreas capable of generating insulin-producing beta cells.
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Researchers from Canada believe they have identified the gene responsible for breast cancer tumor growth, a discovery that could possibly lead to a cure for the disease.
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A gene encoding a protein that appears to be a biological switch has been linked to a form of Parkinson&#39;s disease and could provide insight into halting molecular events that spur the illness.
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Scientists have identified human immune system genes that may play an important role in fighting HIV, says a study in the Dec. 9 issue of Nature.
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Scientists find novel genes linked with 'bad' cholesterol, paving the way for therapies to treat the risk.
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TORONTO (CP) - A group of Canadian researchers has made a discovery of potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could not only one day lead to new treatments for diabetes but also change the way scientists understand the way cells develop.
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Canadian scientists have found a single cell in the pancreas capable of making insulin-producing cells, a discovery that moves the world dramatically closer to freeing people with diabetes from a life of insulin injections.
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Changes to a gene involved in the regulation of body weight may contribute to weight gain in a very small number of obese individuals, new research reports.