What area of diabetes research does your project cover? What role will this particular project play in preventing, treating and/or curing diabetes? Insulin resistance is a key metabolic dysfunction associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. It happens when fat cells and tissue become inflamed. We know about things that cause inflammation and insulin resistance, but we don't know much about things that protect against them. In studies with mice, we found that when a specific gene called Dnmt3a was missing in their fat cells, they became better at using insulin and handling glucose, even on a