Evolution May Have Pushed Humans Toward Greater Risk For Type 1 Diabetes

[Moontanman]

Evolution May Have Pushed Humans Toward Greater Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2010) — Gene variants associated with an increased risk for type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases, they conclude.

 

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100817171603.htm

[Zythryn]

Evolution May Have Pushed Humans Toward Greater Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2010) — Gene variants associated with an increased risk for type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases, they conclude.

 

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100817171603.htm

 

Well, at least I got some consolation prize (type 1 diabetes AND RA:().