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Genetic testing and family tree research are revealing painful family secrets, research says

by Tony Trueman, European Sociological Association Genealogical research and genetic testing are revealing skeletons in family closets and causing rifts among members, a new study shows. Family members have discovered they are unrelated or have relatives from an unexpected ethnic group, the research says. Katy Barbier-Greenland and Associate Professor Deborah Dempsey of Swinburne University, Australia,...

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Study suggests genetic testing for young people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

A subset of patients treated for decades for autoimmune disease may have monogenic diabetes that can be treated by pills. JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER BOSTON — (July 2, 2019) — A Joslin Diabetes Center study among people treated for type 1 diabetes for many years has discovered that a minority may have monogenic diabetes, a non-autoimmune inherited condition that in...

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