The brain plays a major role in controlling our blood glucose levels. In type 2 diabetes this glucose metabolism brain control is often dysfunctional. A group of scientists has now shown that in men a genetic variant of the gene DUSP8 can increase the risk for T2D by impairing our brain response to the hormone insulin.
from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200821094817.htm
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