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Novel type of diabetes
May 12 , 2025
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- For the first time, researchers have identified a new subtype of diabetes.
- This discovery focusses on a rare inherited form of diabetes known as Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY).
- It usually appears in childhood or adolescence.
- The findings reveal how a specific gene, ABCC8, which is crucial for the proper functioning of the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, causes the MODY subtype.
- MODY is an uncommon, inherited form of diabetes caused by the single-gene mutations that affect pancreatic insulin production.
- Till date, 13 subtypes of MODY have been identified.
- There is currently no way to prevent these disorders as they result from genetic defects.
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