Word: insulin
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...research, Melton said he hopes the stem cells could potentially be developed into insulin-producing cells to be grafted into the pancreas as a permanent cure for diabetics...
...editor of the Joslin Textbook of Diabetes and was an expert prosecution witness in the 1985 murder trial of Claus von Bulow, who was accused of murdering his heiress wife with an insulin overdose...
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...children become obese? One important factor is insulin, which enables the body to store extra calories as fat. Physical exercise helps control insulin levels, while certain foods elicit its massive release. For example, ingesting fat alone doesn't prompt a big surge in insulin, but fat combined with starches and sugar does. A child who sits in front of the TV for hours on end, eating potato chips and doughnuts, is an ideal fat-storage machine...
Genetics can make a difference as well. Those who are most susceptible to gaining weight on high-fat, carbohydrate-rich diets are those who are primed to produce high levels of circulating insulin in the first place. Among them are the inhabitants of the South Pacific island of Nauru, who--thanks to a surfeit of cheap, calorie-dense foods, along with a shift away from jobs requiring physical activity--have the unwelcome distinction of being some of the fattest, most diabetes-prone people on the planet...