By Joseph Milton
Genes can have a remarkably different effect depending on which parent you inherit them from.
Scientists from deCode Genetics, an Icelandic biotech company, have found a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes more than 30 per cent if it is inherited from your father, but reduces the chance by more then 10 per cent if it comes from your mother. This makes it the second most important known genetic factor in the development of this form of diabetes. Read More…
