A research group led by Professor Hideki Katagiri at Center for Metabolic Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Yoshitomo Oka at Division of Molecular Metabolism and Diabetes, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Doctor Mitsuru Emi at DNA Chip Research Inc. has discovered genomic structural abnormalities, which are frequently observed in type 2 diabetes and increase the risk of diabetes by 14 fold. The research results have been published in Experimental Diabetes Research.

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Professor Hideki Katagiri

Center for Metabolic Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

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Associate professor Fuji Nagami

Public Relations Office of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

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