Types of Diabetes How does DNA code for

In Type 1 diabetes, your body produces little or proteins and insulin?

no insulin. Type 1 diabetes most often develops in Proteins are organic compounds that consist http://images.agoramedia.com/everydayhealth
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children; however, it can also develop in adults. of large molecules composed of one or more
Patients have to take injections of insulin, eat chains of amino acids, and are essential to all
healthy foods, be physically active, and control living organisms. A persons DNA contains
blood pressure and cholesterol levels. the information needed to make the proteins.
The process consists of two steps:
transcription and translation. Works Cited
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During transcription, the information stored in makingprotein
the DNA is transferred to RNA in the cell
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nucleus. Translation is the step that makes
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proteins. In the cytoplasm, ribosomes read https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/351

Type 2 diabetes can affect people at any age, but the sequence of RNA and then assembles the http://www.visionaware.org/info/your-eye-condition/
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it mostly develops in middle-aged to older protein, which the cells then use.
people. People who are overweight and inactive http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/
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are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. Type 2
diabetes is when your pancreas can still make http://www.healthline.com/health/
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insulin but the receptors for insulin no longer
work - this is called insulin resistance. http://www.endorcineweb.com/conditions/diabetes/
normal-regulation-blood-glucose
Sometimes, your body physically cannot make
enough insulin to be used. A person with Type 2 https://www.dnalc.org/view/15928-How-insulin-is-made-
diabetes must take medication, eat healthy, be using-bacteria.html

physically active, and control their blood http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/diabetes-basics#1

pressure.
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types

The flow of information from the DNA to

RNA to protein is so important that it is
called the central dogma. DNA carries the
codes for the protein insulin and then the
body manufactures insulin to then be used in
the body.
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