Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 ...

A more comprehensive multiethnic genetic risk score strongly predicted new cases of type 2 diabetes, including for people ...

The cause of type 1 diabetes remains unknown and is a central focus of Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis and others in his field hoping to find new ways to help 1.6 million ...

A specific genetic variant found in 4% of Greenland’s Inuit population dramatically increases their risk of type 2 diabetes ...

Because diabetes is often related to lifestyle choices, parents may pass on poor health habits to their children in addition to a genetic predisposition. This increases their children’s risk for ...

Study highlights genetic factors driving earlier diabetes onset, reduced insulin production, and obesity patterns in South Asians. Study: Genetic basis of early onset and progression of type 2 ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA)—medications for type 2 diabetes and obesity that have recently been making headlines due to a rise in popularity as weight loss agents—have been ...