Knowing more about your risk of type 2 diabetes is just a keyboard click away at DNA Direct. Together with deCODE diagnostics, DNA Direct is now offering deCODE T2, a genetic test that examines the presence of the “T” allele of SNP rs7903146, located within the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene. Almost twice as many people with type 2 diabetes have two copies of the TCF7L2 gene variant. As far as I can tell, the SNP is not known to cause a functional change in the activity of the gene, but is associated with reduced insulin secretion.
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