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Posted: Jul 19 2007, 09:37 AM
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Diabetes gene link found Article from: Herald Sun July 16, 2007 12:00am US scientists have identified a single gene that may be a key trigger for type 1 diabetes. The gene was discovered by mass-screening DNA from 563 patients with the auto-immune disease and 1146 healthy individuals. Several chromosomal regions containing have already been linked to type 1 diabetes. In the latest finding, scientists identified a single gene called KIAA0350 on chromosome 16. Three common variations of the gene were found to be closely associated with type 1 diabetes. The function of KIAA0350 is unknown, but researchers believe it may play a vital role in triggering immune cells to attack the pancreas. It is the loss of insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas that causes type 1 diabetes. The scientists from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia wrote in the online edition of Nature: "We hypothesise a genetic variant for such a molecule could elicit an auto-immune response that results in the destruction of the islet cells of the pancreas, as seen in T1D." The disease usually appears in people under 40, most often in childhood http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...4-24331,00.html --------------------  |
   
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