Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes - New York Times

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Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes - New York Times: "Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes

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By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: January 15, 2006

Scientists have discovered a variant gene that confers a sizable extra risk of Type 2 diabetes and that is carried by more than a third of the American population.
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The finding is being reported on Monday in the journal Nature Genetics by researchers at Decode Genetics. The company specializes in finding the genetic roots of human diseases by studying the Icelandic population. Decode Genetics first found the genetic variant in Icelanders and has now confirmed the finding in a Danish and an American population."