GENETICS AND GLYCOLYSIS
Authors: S. P. BESSMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Editorial1 May 1958GENETICS AND GLYCOLYSISS. P. BESSMAN, M.D.S. P. BESSMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-5-1146 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been known for a long time that diabetes mellitus often showed a familial tendency and that to some extent this same tendency was present in other rarer melliturias. Only recently, however, have some of the genetic defects underlying the appearance of these sugars in the urine been brought to light.Intricate and manifold in their metabolic pathways, the simple sugars of nutrition have been found to influence far more than the blood and urine sugar concentration. 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