These factors mean that your children can still get diabetes even though their risk is low. Even if your child's risk is no higher than anyone else's, he or she still could get diabetes. Scientists do many types of experiments to learn how people get diabetes and how it might be passed from generation to generation. One day, you or your family may have the chance to be in a study. Some people join studies as a way to help other people.
Some people join studies because of the chance of being helped themselves.
And some join because a study pays money or provides free tests or supplies. There are many types of studies. Some researchers study large families with type 2 diabetes. They compare genes in family members with diabetes and genes in those without. The goal is to find which genes are linked to type 2 diabetes.