Thursday, November 26, 2009

Molecule that makes obese people develop diabetes discovered

"European researchers have discovered a molecule that they believe could play a role in causing diabetes in obese people.

They found that obese people have large amounts of the chemokine molecule CXCL5, produced by certain cells in fatty tissue.

They then discovered that an experimental treatment aimed at inhibiting the action of CXCL5 could help to protect obese mice from developing type-2 diabetes."

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