Question

Type 1 diabetes is caused by a muted gene
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hi,

Type 1 diabetes is caused by a muted gene

B. False

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 is a type of metabolic disorder that results from the bodies inability to produce insulin causing a disorder where patients are insulin dependent. They require insulin or the bodies will be unable to process sugars for energy.

Answer 2

That statement is "false" since the cause is still sort of unknown. Scientists are still working on figuring out why the immune system incorrectly damages and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells from the pancreas, which is how the type 1 diabetes is developed. However, muted genes are surely not a cause.

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- Dotz