The cellular mutations result in some cells having extra copies – or, alternatively, missing copies – of large stretches of genetic code. – suravid/shutterstock.com
Doctors have long known that type 2 diabetes is associated with leukaemia and lymphoma, but the reasons for this have been unclear.
Researchers in France and Britain, looking at blood samples from nearly 7,500 people, including 2,200 patients with type 2 diabetes, suggest the answer lies in cellular mutations called clonal mosaic events (CMEs).
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