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New alterations found in young adults with type 2 diabetes

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 10.03.2010

New alterations found in young adults with type 2 diabetes

A study at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), located at PCB, and Trinity College in Dublin demonstrates that obese subjects between 18 and 25 years of age carry mitochondrial proteins and genes that work abnormally and that these anomalies contribute to generating insulin resistance and a reduced response to physical exercise. Produced by the American Diabetes Association, the journal Diabetes Care, which disseminates the clinical studies of greatest relevance, publishes the results of this research in its March issue.

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