Marianne is affected by type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes. One day, after inject

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Marianne is affected by type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes. One day, after injecting herself with too much insulin, she starts to shake and feels confused. Following her doctor's suggestion, she drinks a glass of orange juice, a ready source of glucose, and soon her symptoms subside. What caused her symptoms? How would a glucose-rich snack help? Some people in a remote village in Pakistan have inherited form of dwarfism. The men are about 130 centimeters (a little over 4 feet) tall and the women about 115 centimeters (3 feet, 6 inches) tall. Northwestern University researches discovered that the affected villagers have low levels of somatotropin, but a normal gene for this growth hormone. However, the gene coding for a receptor for one of the hypothalamic-releasing hormones is mutated. That receptor occurs on cells of the anterior pituitary. Explain how a faulty receptor may cause the abnormality.

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Actually Insulin unlocks the door to cells in the body so that the glucose can be used for energy, when blood sugar levels drop,insulin production decreases ,liver begins producing glucose so symptoms subside

Generally abnormally occurs due to faulty receptor because genetic disorder may be hereditary passed down from the parent's gene, in other genetic disorders defects may be caused by new mutations or changes to the DNA

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