Gene that ties stress to diabetes, depression identified

WASHINGTON – Researchers have identified the gene changes in whose activity due to stress cause anxiety disorders and depression, as well as metabolic disorders like obesity, type 2 diabetes and arteriosclerosis.

These diseases, linked to stress, are reaching epidemic proportions.
Alon Chen of the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department and his research team have now discovered …. Read the original article  : Gene that ties stress to diabetes, depression identified.