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A Colorado State University research project adds a new dimension to the way scientists look at diabetes.

Andre Ptitsyn, the lead researcher in the project discovered that stress on a person’s metabolism caused by a lack of oxygen forces genes to change the way the body converts energy over time. The change can eventually lead to type II diabetes.

This is a breakthrough compared to current beliefs that defective genes predispose some people to develop diabetes.

Healthy people’s genes might function differently and eventually begin to resist insulin because cells don’t get enough oxygen during metabolism-related functions.