One in 100.000 babies are born with a genetic defect, these children develop hypoglycaemia even when there is no insulin in their blood.
Hypolgycaemia is when the blood sugar level is too low usually due to an imbalance between insulin and sugar.
Researchers analysed the genetic code of three children with this severe form of hypoglycaemia and found that mutations in the AKT2 gene are the cause.
All three children in the study had a mutation in the AKT2 gene.
Read more about the study.
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