Altered lipid metabolism following childbirth predicts later diabetes risk. – Brinkwire

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 lipidsmolecules that make up the building blocks of living cells, store energy and can serve as cellular messengerscould help to predict the progression from gestational to type 2 diabetes in women who have just given birth. The findings may one day help physicians identif…

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