Posted AT 10:32 PM EDT on 18/02/07
Culprit in Type 2 diabetes may be cholesterol: study
TORONTO — Cholesterol may not just be bad for your heart.
A study suggests problems with cholesterol regulation in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas may be responsible for the development of Type 2 (formerly known as late onset) diabetes.
The work, by scientists at Vancouver's Child and Family Research Institute, was done in mice. And the researchers would have to show that the same mechanism is seen in people.
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