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Disruptions to lipid metabolism after childbirth predict future diabetes risk – News-Medical.Net
Scientists have found that disruptions to the metabolism of lipids occur after childbirth in women with gestational diabetes who go on to develop type 2 diabetes.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 4 2020
Scientists have found that disruptions to the metabolism of lipids occur after childbirth in women with gestational diabetes who go on to develop type 2 diabetes.
Their results, published today in eLife, suggest that specific lipids – molecules that make up the building blocks of living cells, store energy and can serve as cellular messengers – could help to predict the progression from gestational to type 2 diabetes in women who have just given bir…
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