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Article: Scientists find harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective gene
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Scientists find harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective
gene
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A genetic mutation that can raise
the amount of glucose in a person's blood to harmful levels is
identified, an international team of scientists reported Thursday in
journal Science.
High levels of blood glucose increase the risk of cardiovascular
disease and early death, even in healthy people who do not have
diabetes and whose blood glucose levels are at the higher end of the
range considered "normal" by doctors.
The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, the
French National Research Institute and McGill University in Canada,
reveals an association between high levels of ...