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Insufficient insulin processing leads to overweight (Donath Lab)

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A vicious circle: obesity increases the risk of diabetes, and errors in insulin processing lead to obesity. (Symbolic image: Towfiqu Barbhuiya, unsplash)

Overweight increases the risk of an imbalance in sugar metabolism and even of diabetes. Our research group led by Dr. Daniel Zeman-Meier has now shown the opposite is true as well: deficits in the body’s insulin production contribute to overweight.

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