Research Reveals More About Unique Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes
These results can benefit treatment methods
Professor Marukana and his team of researchers were able to identify two specific ways in which the defective CFTR gene might actively inhibit insulin production in the pancreas. The team identified ion imbalances and glucose on the surfaces of cells as leading causes of diabetes and infection, respectively. Their discoveries also implicated new ways to treat the disease, and suggested that diabetes in cystic fibrosis patients may be less the result of a cause-effect relationship, and more of an intertwined complication.
