Per Medbøe Thorsby

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Per Medbøe Thorsby (f. 1964) er ph.d. og seksjonsoverlege ved Hormonlaboratoriet, Oslo universitetssykehus.

Forfatteren oppgir følgende interessekonflikter: Han har mottatt honorar fra Norges diabetesforbund, SanofiAventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Statens legemiddelverk og Antidoping Norge.

Articles by Per Medbøe Thorsby

Insulin resistance – the body’s defence against caloric intoxication?

Trond Methi,
Per Medbøe Thorsby

21.06.2016: Novel hypotheses on the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes have been put forward in recent years in which insulin resistance is proposed as a physiological defence mechanism against metabolic stress, especially for the heart. The consequence of adaptive insulin resistance may be reduced risk of acute...

Why doesn’t everyone develop type 2 diabetes?

Trond Methi,
Per Medbøe Thorsby

09.12.2014: Thousands of genes control our metabolism, and type 2 diabetes has therefore been called the geneticist’s nightmare. Genome-wide association studies have not been able to reveal the mechanisms underlying the development of obesity and diabetes. However, genetic and epigenetic theories are still...