Type II Diabetes

Part I of Essay
Diabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that ....

Part II of Essay
.... that Type II is hereditary. In my oldest source, Diabetes by Sarah Riedman printed in 1980, she stated on page five that Type II is not a hereditary disorder. I concluded that Type II is hereditary because all the newer sources support that fact. In my source from the Ames Center for Diabetes Center (written in 1995) Jackson and Weir stated that the gene, or genes, responsible for the most common kinds of remain a mystery. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified one gene that may contribute to the development of Type II. R ....