According to MSNBC.com, there may be many diabetes subtypes. The discoveries of these various diabetes subtypes are already triggering important changes in treatment. New findings show that diabetes is caused “by complex interactions among numerous genes and modern lifestyles – and a flurry of genetic discoveries in the past year finally points to new ways of attacking the epidemic.”

Twenty-one million Americans have diabetes, and there are variations among many of them. Where one might need dialysis, for example, another may not even despite of uncontrolled blood sugar. One person may be slender and have diabetes, where another overweight individual may not. New gene work suggests that individuals may need personalized treatment to address the various diabetes subtypes.

MODY Diabetes Subtypes

MODY is shorthand for six various diabetes subtypes that are thought to account for 2% of diabetes. Each of these six diabetes subtypes is caused by …