When it turned out to be six times higher than normal, his doctor diagnosed adult-onset diabetes.

FORBES: The Unknown Epidemic

Patients with a mutated version have a 25% higher risk of developing adult-onset diabetes.

FORBES: Magazine Article

For this reason, many have referred to type 2 as adult-onset diabetes mellitus.

CNN: What's the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 used to be called adult-onset diabetes, but that term has become less popular as more and more children are turning up with it.

ECONOMIST: Diabetes

Patients with a mutant version of the PPAR gamma gene have a 25% higher risk of developing adult-onset diabetes, in which cells stop responding to insulin's orders.

FORBES: Silencing "Syndrome X"

While some experts insist Syndrome X is a disease and that a genetic flaw is the cause, others argue Syndrome X is merely a precursor to other ailments, including heart disease and adult-onset diabetes.

FORBES: The Unknown Epidemic

The bigger market is the 15 million people with type II, or adult-onset, diabetes.

FORBES: Waiting to Inhale

There are 15 million Americans with adult-onset, or type II, diabetes, and the total is growing fast.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Already, adult-onset, or type 2, diabetes afflicts about 17 million Americans, although 6 million don't even know they have the disease.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Reversing the onset of Type 1 diabetes by turning adult precursor cells from the spleen into insulin-producing cells is a new approach.

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