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12-08-2009, 03:28 PM
Washington: Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have revealed that a gene known to cause type 2 diabetes has been found to increase the risk of being overweight during childhood.
The finding may present an avenue for developing drugs to counteract the disease, which has been on the upswing in childhood and adolescence.
"It has been a bit of a mystery to scientists how or even if these adult diabetes genes function during childhood," said study leader Struan FA Grant, a researcher and associate director of the Centre for Applied Genomics of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Full Article (http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_type-2-diabetes-gene-linked-to-childhood-obesity_1321460).
The finding may present an avenue for developing drugs to counteract the disease, which has been on the upswing in childhood and adolescence.
"It has been a bit of a mystery to scientists how or even if these adult diabetes genes function during childhood," said study leader Struan FA Grant, a researcher and associate director of the Centre for Applied Genomics of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Full Article (http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_type-2-diabetes-gene-linked-to-childhood-obesity_1321460).