{"id":788,"date":"2014-04-01T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T18:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=788"},"modified":"2014-04-04T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T17:25:56","slug":"molecule-can-help-detect-and-prevent-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/molecule-can-help-detect-and-prevent-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecule can help detect and prevent diabetes<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_795\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/320px-Blood_Glucose_Testing_-_Kolkata_2011-07-25_3982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-795\" alt=\"Over two million Canadians are affected by type 2 diabetes. (Credit: Biswarup Ganguly, Wikimedia Commons)\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/320px-Blood_Glucose_Testing_-_Kolkata_2011-07-25_3982.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/320px-Blood_Glucose_Testing_-_Kolkata_2011-07-25_3982.jpg 320w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/320px-Blood_Glucose_Testing_-_Kolkata_2011-07-25_3982-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over two million Canadians are affected by type 2 diabetes. (Credit: Biswarup Ganguly, <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Blood_Glucose_Testing_-_Kolkata_2011-07-25_3982.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly a fifth of pregnant women develop a temporary form of diabetes &#8211; called gestational diabetes &#8211; that puts them at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life. A new study shows how a molecule called CMPF can help detect diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of blood chemistry in a sub-population of subjects has revealed that levels of a molecule called CMPF are higher in those with gestational or type 2 diabetes than in non-diabetic individuals. Further experiments have shown how CMPF interferes with insulin-making cells in the pancreas, and that blocking its transport with drugs could offer protection from diabetes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-metabolism\/abstract\/S1550-4131(09)00248-4\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the\u00a0journal\u00a0<em>Cell Metabolism<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>April 1, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names and affiliations of selected<\/strong><strong>\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physiology.utoronto.ca\/res\/list\/wheeler.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Wheeler<\/a>, University of Toronto<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a fifth of pregnant women develop a temporary form of diabetes &#8211; called gestational diabetes &#8211; that puts them at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life. A new study shows how a molecule called CMPF can help detect diabetes. 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