Chronic steroid use could raise diabetes risk
Taking steroids more than doubles a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study warns.
Sep 10, 2024
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Taking steroids more than doubles a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study warns.
Sep 10, 2024
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Researchers at the University's Leverhulme Research Center of Forensic Science (LRCFS), part of the School of Science and Engineering, made the discovery while working in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).
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A steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by its sterane or steroid nucleus: a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Steroids vary by the functional groups attached to these rings and the oxidation state of the rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids are found in plants, animals, and fungi. All steroids are made in cells either from the sterol lanosterol (animals and fungi) or from the sterol cycloartenol (plants). Both sterols are derived from the cyclization of the triterpene squalene.
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