Researchers from the University of Exeter and ULB have identified mutations in the TMEM167A gene causing a rare form of neonatal diabetes in babies under six months. Stem cell studies show the gene is vital for insulin-producing beta cells and neurons.

New Delhi: An international team of scientists has discovered a new type of diabetes in babies, under six months of age.

Some babies develop diabetes before the age of six months. In over 85 per cent of cases, this is due to a genetic mutation in their DNA.

Using advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research the team from the University of Exeter in the UK and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) identified mutations in the TMEM167A gene — responsible for a rare form of neonatal diabetes.

They found that in s

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