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Genetic 'roadblock' hoped to inspire future type 2 diabetes research

10-02-2007 · EurekAlert!

A team of Mount Sinai Hospital researchers has found that a 'genetic roadblock' identified in a recent study could pave the way toward novel treatments for type 2 diabetes. In the study, researchers from the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital found the first genetic evidence that the elimination of the gene for glycogen synthase kinase-3 in mice sensitizes the animals to insulin.

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