Elderly people with excess amounts of the protein fetuin-A
are more likely than others to develop type 2 diabetes, a new study finds.
Because earlier work showed that the protein may interfere with the action of
insulin, the new findings potentially implicate fetuin-A in diabetes and
suggest the protein may make a good target for drug therapy.
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