This article explains new research that was completed in London that explains the exact link between obesity and type 2 diabetes. He explains that there was always an understanding that these two phenomenon were connected, but the molecules that were responsible for this connection was still unclear. The head researcher did his experiment on genetically engineered mice and tested many aspects of obesity and type 2, such as insulin, fat accumulation, and protein regulation (mostly a protein by the name of T-Bet). He concluded that human obesity is not always associated with insulin resistance. Dr Howard explains that further studies are needed in order to know what other molecules are involved alongside of T-Bet. He believes that with the answers to these studies, it could mean the future drug developments in order to treat Type 2 diabetes.
I was extremely impressed with this article. Although I did not thoroughly understand many of the scientific aspects of it, I respect everyone involved. The article makes us aware that nearly 371 million people in the world that struggle with diabetes. It has become an extremely severe problem in places such as India. The technology that we have available to us in modern day society in order to understand health related issues is incredible. The fact that many scientist's dont think that we are in our prime is amazing. We have already achieved so much, and we still have more goals to accomplish.
http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/showEE.asp?newsid=21364
Robert Edwards. 4/5/12. 4:21pm
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