American Diabetes Research Paper

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Biology 100 AE March 12 2011 Diabetes and Heredity In 2011 about 25.8 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes within the United States and approximately 79 million are diagnosed with pre-diabetes according to the. So exactly what is diabetes? Diabetes is categorized as a disease greatly effecting westernized cultures due to there high fat foods but its not only the fat that leads to it. Other factors play a role as well as genetics. Diabetes is simply a hormone disfunction that occurs in the pancreas. So what is the hormone found in the pancreas? Well its insulin, naturally produced insulin in the pancreas. That has a simple yet complex duty of clearing glucose molecules out of the blood stream and transporting them into our body’s cells. When…show more content…
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