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Ellen
11-18-2011, 07:33 AM
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/9371120.Pioneering_research_is_rewarded/
.....And working with Prof Andrew Hattersley, from Exeter University, she discovered that children born with a rare genetic mutation who had previously relied on insulin injections could in fact be treated with a pill.

ChristineJ
11-27-2011, 07:56 AM
Kudos to Professor Ashcroft!:)

I did note an error in the article (probably on the part of the journalist). Prof. Ashcroft's work has been in the field of Monogenic Diabetes, which is not type 2 diabetes. Monogenic diabetes is classified by the World Health Organization under "Other" forms of diabetes, as a genetic disorder of pancreatic function.

Christine