| Type 2 diabetes and genetics: the story so far |
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| Written by Jyothis George | |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | |
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What has genetics done for type 2 diabetes is a question that was raised at one of the meet the professor sessions at Diabetes UK 2010. Well, here is a comment from a renowned diabetes epidemiologist.
Dr. Venkat Narayan asks in his BMJ Blog "The pursuit of genes may, no doubt, improve our understanding of major diseases like CVD and diabetes, and may also lead to better treatments. Should we not, however, aim for a far better balance between spending an extraordinary amount of resources chasing the promise of genes and of implementing the huge body of knowledge that we already have about predicting and preventing common diseases, such as CVD and diabetes?" Read the full article (free) here....
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