Washington: Soon, preventing bothheart diseaseanddiabetescould be as simple as popping a single pill, if predictions by a team of scientists prove true.A large analysis of genetic data found that both the conditions, which are the leading causes of death and illness across the world, are linked by the same genes. The team led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania first looked into what causes Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and second clarified how T2D and coronary heart disease (CHD) are linked.
