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The link between obesity and diabetes
A newly discovered protein called resistin released by fat tissue could be the essential link between obesity and diabetes.
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010118-03
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Type II diabetes is characterised by tissue resistance to insulin and is widespread in industrialised societies. A link between obesity and type II diabetes has long been suspected but details of the mechanism were unknown. Now, a newly discovered hormone described in 18 January Nature is proposed as the essential link between obesity and type II diabetes.
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