Scientists have conducted a study, the first of its kind to link
cholesterol with Type// 2 Diabetes. The experiment was performed
on mice, yet scientists say the findings may be applicable to
humans too. The cause for Type 2 diabetes is still unknown.
There are varied theories on this. Yet one of the features of
this disease is the reduction in production of insulin, by the
beta cells of the pancreas. The Canadian Diabetes Association
estimates that more than 2 million Canadians have diabetes, of
which 1.8 million have type 2. And the figures are rising. In
2000 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that over 177
million people had diabetes worldwide and they say by 2025 the
figure will be 300 million. The scientists based at Canada’s
Vancouver Child and Family Research Institute, in the online
edition of Nature Medicine reveal study results that, when
cholesterol levels in the pancreas go up, diabetes might be the
outcome. This refers to the cholesterol in the pancreas. Few
might be aware that choles