BOSTON, June 23, 2006 (Joslin) - Joslin Diabetes Center's Allison M. Goldfine, M.D., has just published an interesting study in the Journal for the American College of Cardiology that found adults with two parents who have type 2 diabetes show early signs of atherosclerosis (plaque building up in the arteries) even when the adult children themselves do not have diabetes.

The study examined 38 adults without diabetes in their mid-to-late 30s. Nineteen of the adults had two parents with type 2 diabetes and were found to have impaired blood vessel responsiveness. Please refer to the American College of Cardiology's press release below for more details.

Dr. Goldfine is an Investigator in Joslin's Section on Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Assistant Director of Clinical Research at Joslin, Associate Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

If you would like to interview Dr. Goldfine about this study, please contact Marge Dwyer or Jenny Eriksen from Joslin's Communications Office at 617-732-2415 or via email at marjorie.dwyer@joslin.harvard.edu or jenny.eriksen@joslin.harvard.edu.