The patients were
without diabetic complications, apart from simplex retinopathy.
Not exact matches
They compared the concentrations of proteins in the retinas of non-
diabetic mice, of mice with type 2 diabetes
without treatment and of type 2
diabetic mice that were treated with the standard drug metformin, which lowers blood glucose levels and thus reduces diabetes
complications.
Recent evidence has suggested that epigenetic factors may regulate genes associated with
diabetic complications, but
without permanently altering the underlying DNA itself, as would happen in a genetic mutation.
Without focusing on the diet, and spending time to teach patients how to implement it,
diabetic patients will not be able to achieve good control, will require more and more medications and may develop
complications.