Gene Discovered For Type 1 Diabetes In Children
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and McGill University in Montreal have identified yet another gene variant that raises a little one’s risk for type 1 diabetes. In the past few years, researchers have been searching for scientific basis’ to help in the treatment and preventive measures for diabetes. And we have certainly come a long way!
The research adds a new gene and new knowledge to the four genes previously discovered for type 1 diabetes, in which the immune system destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and makes patients dependent on frequent insulin injections to keep the body’s blood sugar under control. As the project continues, the study team expects to identify additional genes (perhaps as many as 15 or 20) thought to interact with each other in the disease.
What are the goals for these gene studies and scientific research? And why are we interested in such specifics? Just how much more is there to understand about diabetes? In my opinion, we haven’t even “broken the ice”…
“Our goal at the Center is to discover the major disease-causing variants and genes that influence complex pediatric diseases, thus providing a scientific foundation that is based in biology for translating those discoveries into successful treatments.”
Let’s just keep our fingers crossed that financial support and funding keeps on coming for research like this! I will keep you posted.
via Science Daily
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